Should it be legal for women to be topless in public?

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I say yes. I see it as a victimless crime.

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I find it interesting how a social conservative would be against breastfeeding in public. Socons see motherhood as the natural role for every woman, yet for them to be offended by seeing breastfeeding is hypocritical.

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You can not derive from libertarianism a right to disturb other people.

There's a difference between being disturbed and being offended. One does not have the right to not be offended.

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One does not have the right to not be offended.

No offence, but that does sound somewhat... funny coming from you.

Please explain. For example, I have always been a firm believer in free speech, regardless of whether it is offensive.

Uh, on your property, you have the right not to be offended, to the extent practicable.

I was talking about out in public.

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Considering that one of the groups whose pictures you proudly display in your signature is blatantly against certain types of 'free speech', I find it somewhat amusing that you claim to believe in 'free speech'. Obviously I don't completely and unwaveringly support it either, but the fact that NOW constantly throws fits over anything it considers 'anti-woman' and 'offensive' doesn't convince me that it believes in 'free speech'.

Everett, can you give a specific example of a case where NOW was against free speech, because, as Philip said, attacking someone for their free speech is not "anti-free speech". Although there may be individuals in NOW who believe that anti-woman speech should be illegal, they do not represent the majority of the organization.

[NOW] seems to believe that women have the right to take offence to everything, or that they have some magical right not to be offended.

Anyone can take offense to anything, but that doesn't necessarily mean it should be illegal.