Bad Behavior

Nudity

Some would consider my contempt for "morality" laws to be extremely liberal, but I think the vocal minority's preoccupation with things like exposure of body parts is so silly it's sad. Luddites used to say that if God intended for us to fly, we would have been born with wings. I say that if God had intended for us all to run around naked, we would have been born that way. (Of course, I hope this behavior is not widely adopted until after most of us have done a LOT of dieting).

Hunting

I would like to hear opinions on the subject of the "sport" of hunting. I like to tell my hunter friends that I believe that everyone who believes that they have the right to hunt should be allowed to, but only each other. I envision setting aside an area somewhere, such as in the Australian outback, and designating huge concentric rings of real estate with increasing levels of weaponry allowed. The outer level would be weaponless combat only. The next ring would allow edged weapons, then light arms, and so on, all the way up to nukes.

Vents

(Thoughts that arise when I haven't had enough sleep, caffeine, red meat, or you-know-what)

Noise

Existing noise-abatement laws should be rigidly enforced. Every misused boom-box in every home and car should be confiscated and destroyed. I can think of a good use for all those thousands of RPGs being found in Iraq: Bring 'em home, mount them on all the telephone poles, and every time some idiot in a thumper car drives by, kapow! No warning, no "tolerance". Anyone who thinks they have the right to make other people listen to their noise is someone the rest of us can do without.

Cyclists

Cyclists are idiots. They run stop signs and red lights. The move through traffic space at pedestrian speeds and through pedestrian space at traffic speeds. They think the whole world revolves around them. At traffic lights they block traffic by sitting in the middle of the lane or out in the street instead of taking a half-second to move out of the way where they belong. Like everyone else, I hate the idea of photo ticketing, but when it comes around, I'll be insisting on it being used to keep the idiot cyclists on foot.

Bad Drivers

I find drivers that don't "keep up" as annoying as most people do, but drivers who are aggressive with their vehicles need to be shut down permanently. Anyone whose license has been suspended or revoked should be required to wear an ankle monitor that gives off a signal whenever it is moving at traffic speeds, so the cops can know that if the vehicle has only one occupant, he belongs in jail.