Found February 09, 2010 on Shutdown Corner:
The parade for the world champion New Orleans Saints starts a few hours from now, outside of the Superdome. Up to 200,000 people are expected to be there, and when that many revelers gathers in New Orleans, you expect certain New Orleans traditions to be upheld, right? Not so, this time around. New Orleans police are ordering the women of New Orleans to keep their New Orleans traditions covered. The parade's going to be televised, both locally and on-line, and apparently, some city officials see this as a reason to keep things G-rated. TMZ reports that 600 police will be there issuing tickets or sending people to jail if they're exposing their, um, upper bodies in exchange for beads. I see this as an affront to liberty. Telling the women of New Orleans to keep themselves covered is like telling the men of the Jersey Shore that hair should not be spiked, and skin should not be tanned. It's like telling the people of Philadelphia that they need to be demure an...
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