Yes, it is. Freedom.

Belmar? Can't any of our decent towns get into the news?

Oh, wait...

Belmar is great...until all of Bergen county comes there for the summer. I agree the laws were stupid, but how are they going to combat obnoxious guidos now?

Does it keep people off the road so I can drive it without frustration? Then I'm happy.

/Get off my road.

Belmar, sometimes called "Fort Lauderdale North" for its reputation as a raucous party enclave, has scrapped laws against giving the finger and requiring beer kegs to be registered.

The Founding Fathers may have been slave-owning hypocrites, but this doesn't deserve to be associated with their cause. Sometimes, due to being easily held more accountable, local government reflects the will of the people better than state or federal government can. Sometimes the people show that they are authoritarian.

Headline: NJ Party Town Relaxes Rules on Kegs, Rude Gestures

Article: One rule that's no longer on the books related to raising one's middle finger, or the many variants thereof. However objectionable it might be to some people, such a gesture is constitutionally protected free speech,

In other words they realized that if they didn't lift that ban a judge would be giving the finger to tax payers to pay for lawsuits.

Link (the best guido video you will ever see)

I'm certain the Founding Fathers did have this in mind, less government intrusion into the interaction of the people. Isn't this the real idea behind democracy, not voting on ordinances or electing officials to legislate all of your decisions but a freedom to make your own decision?

Not that people necessarily pay attention to that.

berylman:(the best guido video you will ever see)

With out a doubt.

"We've created the greatest democracy in the WORLD, you low-life commoner!"

At long last, someone is lifting a finger to slow the trend toward authoritarianism that has dominated the last seven years...okay much more than that, but especially them.

mcwebe0:At long last, someone is lifting a finger to slow the trend toward authoritarianism that has dominated the last seven years...okay much more than that, but especially them.

Wanna bet someone still gets hauled into jail on a public disturbance charge?

Considering how many of the Founding Fathers brewed beer at home? At least the kegger part would be near and dear to them.

Bonkthat_Again:Belmar is great...until all of Bergen county comes there for the summer. I agree the laws were stupid, but how are they going to combat obnoxious guidos now?

Cut their hair, that's the source of their powers.

NutWrench:"We've created the greatest democracy in the WORLD, you low-life commoner!"

I lol'd.

/Is that quoting from something?

Selfabortion:NutWrench:"We've created the greatest democracy in the WORLD, you low-life commoner!"

I lol'd.

/Is that quoting from something?

The Simpsons. A historical flashback in which the founding fathers were having a massive keg party just after they finished writing the Constitution.

I told a friend of mine yesterday, "I give the finger because it's free speech. If that's a misuse of the freedom of speech, then there is only one cure. More free speech."

Actually, I'm sure it is. More than a few of the founders drank beer and I'm sure a few of them were pot smokers as well.

Weaver95:Wanna bet someone still gets hauled into jail on a public disturbance charge?

Quite possibly. farking prudes and the goddamn pigs who do their shiat-work for them.

/ain't free speech grand

go joisee!






/and, most frightening of all, it appears that Guidism has spread to all corners of the globe. exhibit A: Swedish Guidos!



//shudder

Did they even have middle fingers in those days?

rawkus:pic of guy in speedos w/crucifix

Never post that again. I meant it. I mean, I like free speech but, ugh. I mean. Never mind. It's your right to post that and I'll defend your right to do so with my last breath. But I'll feel real stupid doing so.

mcwebe0:rawkus:pic of guy in speedos w/crucifix

Never post that again. I meant it. I mean, I like free speech but, ugh. I mean. Never mind. It's your right to post that and I'll defend your right to do so with my last breath. But I'll feel real stupid doing so.

i think the guy in the back braying into his cell phone is maybe the best part of that pic. he's making the same face a donkey makes when it's going "hee-haw! hee-haw!"

Banning the middle finger in New Jersey is like banning corn in Iowa, or horses in Kentucky, or stupidity in Florida.

obscene gestures

Vague definition? Yep. Free expression? Also yep.

If you don't want to be offended then shelter yourself. I am offended every time I hear that I'm not going to Heaven... as if we have proof that such a place even exists. Can I make it illegal for others to assert the notion?

/I like to make judgments based on rationale

Suicidal Writer

How does that show that the people are authoritarian, if they -scrapped- two laws that restrict personal freedom?

Obviously some local laws are the exact opposite of that (Like dry counties) so it's not an invalid argument, just a bad example for it.

My funny Belmar story: One night back in '89, me and my friend Kenny spent the evening partying with some friends until the bars closed. Needing cigarettes, we went to the 7-11 on highway 71, and were in the middle of a line of 20 people. Kenny, who was behind me in line, then let loose the loudest fart that I had ever heard in public, and me being 1/2 drunk and stoned, found this to be the most hilarious thing that had ever happened. EVER. Tears were streaming down my face as I struggled to maintain some semblance of composure. I still chuckle thinking about it to this day.

/yes, I know I'm a moran
//farts are funny
///felt bad for the person behind Kenny though

Lots that once held ramshackle party huts now boast $800,000 homes whose residents are not shy about calling the police to complain about noise.

/pig loving whiners.

berylman:Link (the best guido video you will ever see)

They can't be from Jersey or Staten Island. The car isn't a Camaro. But the thing that I loled about was IT'S A FARKING HYUNDAI. Bwahahahahahaha

"I'm not sure anyone even knew that making obscene gestures was illegal," Mayor Ken Pringle said.

This red hot screaming asshat is a mindless tyrant who, a couple of years ago had his storm troopers arrest a guy that mistook the mayor for a woman. The guy invited Mr. Mayor for a drink and got arrested for his trouble.

Ah yes, Belmar, the town that tried to shut down a local bakery that has been a fixture for decades as "blighted" as part of their downtown redevelopment plans. The bakery took the town to court and gave Belmar a big "fark you, just because we aren't Dunkin' doesn't mean we're blighted"

If i remember correctly...doesnt Belmar have a large Irish population around it? Cause im pretty sure as a wee lad in Monmouth County we went to Belmar for the st pattys day parade.

Yes, there is also a Belmawr, NJ (with a W)...that place has nothing to do with Fort lauderdale or fun.

the ignorance on this thread is shocking, or at least it would be if I gave a damn.

Here is what the founding fathers had in mind when they started the Revolution (actually, it was a counterRevolution, but when it comes to mythology, well, what's the diff, I always say...):


http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2007/10/31/taxation_revolution_and_some_ other_rebellions/

and here:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1023/p13s01-bogn.html

and here:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4026/is_200607/ai_n17187913/pg_1

and here:

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:u1pjfiO0X_8J:www.historycooperative.org/jou rnals/wm/62.2/holton.html+woody+impera&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=opera

and here:

http://cyberjournal.org/authors/fresia/

I came here for stories about farts people's friends cut, and I was not disappointed.

cry0fan the ignorance on this thread is shocking, or at least it would be if I gave a damn.

You call everyone ignorant and you can't even post a link?

GoteamVenture Quote 2008-07-05 04:18:00 PM
If i remember correctly...doesnt Belmar have a large Irish population around it? Cause im pretty sure as a wee lad in Monmouth County we went to Belmar for the st pattysGay Pride day parade.


-- FTFY

cry0fan Quote 2008-07-05 04:36:17 PM
the ignorance on this thread is shocking, or at least it would be if I gave a damn.

Here is what the founding fathers had in mind when they started the Revolution (actually, it was a counterRevolution, but when it comes to mythology, well, what's the diff, I always say...):


http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2007/10/31/taxation_revolution_and_some _ other_rebellions/

and here:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1023/p13s01-bogn.html

and here:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4026/is_200607/ai_n17187913/pg_1

and here:

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:u1pjfiO0X_8J:www.historycooperative.org/jo u rnals/wm/62.2/holton.html+woody+impera&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=opera

and here:

http://cyberjournal.org/authors/fresia/

Bitter Barn Quote 2008-07-05 04:51:04 PM
cry0fan the ignorance on this thread is shocking, or at least it would be if I gave a damn.

You call everyone ignorant and you can't even post a link?


link1

and here:
link2

and here:

link3

and here:
link4
and here:
link5



There ya go. Ya satisfied?

/ya lil titty baby...

The pics in this thread just make me want to go lay down and cry. Horrible, ugly people. The porcupine hair is bad enough, but dear God, STOP DOING THAT THING WITH YOUR MOUTH!!

/ashamed of his species.

/ashamed of his species.


Why? you aren't a Guido, are you?

LOLGUIDO! (new window, NSFW)


/Farken Yeager Bombs!

Municipalities like this are ridiculous. Glad they are lightening up, but how they ever got that authoritarian is very sad.


Legislators at all levels are some of the biggest douchebags in this country.

Freedom, freedom, freedom, OI!

Dear Bennys,

Go home.


/gold star if you get it

rv2073:Dear Bennys,

Go home.


/gold star if you get it

2 stars if you can tell where it came from.

/ i ain't no farkin' benny just because I come down on the weekends for red devils and a slice at The Sawmill ya freekin' dirty digger!

The Dynamite Monkey:rv2073:Dear Bennys,

Go home.


/gold star if you get it

2 stars if you can tell where it came from.

/ i ain't no farkin' benny just because I come down on the weekends for red devils and a slice at The Sawmill ya freekin' dirty digger!

Bayonne, Elizabeth, Newark and New York. Now where are my farking stars?

/Yes I have a Surf Taco bumper sticker.
//Yes you are an idiot for asking me what we do during the winter.