Drop your pants: mooning on the wax? (Citings).AN AUSTRALIAN MAN who mooned a police cruiser is defending his action in a Queensland court. Twenty-year-old Ernest Togo and his lawyer argue that bearing one's buttocks buttocks /but·tocks/ (but´oks) the two fleshy prominences formed by the gluteal muscles on the lower part of the back. to uniformed officers is well within an Aussie's constitutional rights to political protest, reports CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. . Political protest or not, Togo was charged with indecency INDECENCY. An act against good behaviour and a just delicacy. 2 Serg. & R. 91. 2. The law, in general, will repress indecency as being contrary to good morals, but, when the public good requires it, the mere indecency of disclosures does not suffice to exclude . The case has been dragging through the courts since November. The authorities are not amused by Togo's defense. "If we allowed everyone who wanted to drop their pants and moon police officers" to do so, the prosecutor told the court, "we [would be] undermining the authority of the police." Meanwhile, in Manassas, Virginia “Manassas” redirects here. For other uses, see Manassas (disambiguation). Manassas is an independent city located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 35,135 at the 2000 census. , a bared American derriere is causing consternation. Radio personality Timothy Coburn faces up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine for mooning a camera in front of a "Welcome to Manassas" sign. Although Coburn thought he was merely promoting WIHT Hot 99.5's "Show Us Your Ass for a Boarding Pass" contest, city officials saw things differently. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Allaccess.com, city officials say the prank "eroded years of efforts at establishing Manassas as a nice place to live and visit." |
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