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andydp
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 Posted: 08/06/04 - 13:47 Post subject: Why marijuana is bad for you... A note from Holland
Here's an article from CNN:
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) -- Unsolicited toe-licking would be
banned in the Netherlands under a law sought by the Dutch Labor party
after police were unable to prosecute a would-be Casanova with a taste
for female toes because he had committed no crime.
A police spokesman said Friday a man had been detained after women
sunning themselves in Rotterdam's parks and beaches claimed he had
snuck up on them and begun to lick their toes.
"The officers had to let him go. Licking a stranger's toes is rather
unusual but there is really nothing criminal about it," the spokesman
said.
Dutch press reports said the man, who is about 35, had been licking
the toes of strangers for about three years but was only recently
caught by police.
Peter van Heemst, a Labor member of parliament, asked Christian
Democrat Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner Friday to explain why Dutch
laws forbid littering but not uninvited toe-licking. Van Heemst
demanded an amendment prohibiting it.
"It is a violation of one's privacy and one's physical integrity," he
told a local news agency. "The norm... is that no one should touch
your body if you haven't asked them first."
A spokesman for Donner said the minister could not immediately comment.
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