Comments on: Pissing in Public in Seattle http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:04:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John G Bell’s Blog » Local history, but not local to seattle? http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-10640 John G Bell’s Blog » Local history, but not local to seattle? Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:36:19 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/#comment-10640 [...] led under: General — John Bell @ 6:35 pm Perm Link Via Pop Occulture, “Pissing in Public in Seattle“: “Speaking of homeless peo [...] [...] led under: General — John Bell @ 6:35 pm Perm Link Via Pop Occulture, “Pissing in Public in Seattle“: “Speaking of homeless peo [...]

]]> By: amba http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-10616 amba Thu, 23 Feb 2006 03:21:24 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/#comment-10616 Funny, I read that as <b>1993 - “Public Urination” (Pissed 8-0 by city council)</b> Funny, I read that as 1993 - “Public Urination” (Pissed 8-0 by city council)

]]> By: Homeward Bound - Pop Occulture http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-10577 Homeward Bound - Pop Occulture Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:18:27 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/#comment-10577 [...] d Bound I wish I was… Got an interesting response to my recent item about homeless people being bussed off. &#82 [...] [...] d Bound

I wish I was… Got an interesting response to my recent item about homeless people being bussed off. &#82 [...]

]]> By: Ken Adams http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-10574 Ken Adams Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:46:35 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/#comment-10574 Hi Tim! I have lived in Seattle all my life, and have never heard any of these rumors, or anything like them at all. I do think public urination is very frowned upon in Seattle, but I don't think anyone gets a sex offender status for it. That's a bit silly. I'm also pretty sure we don't import homeless people - however Seattle has a long history of being the last stop for those "riding the rails", and our extremely mild summers and winters have been known to attract large numbers of transient. Perhaps the peak of this was in the early 90's. A documentary exmaining the "plight" of Seattl'es street kids was produced and aired around the country. Within the next few years Seattle had an explosion in street kids. Hi Tim! I have lived in Seattle all my life, and have never heard any of these rumors, or anything like them at all. I do think public urination is very frowned upon in Seattle, but I don’t think anyone gets a sex offender status for it. That’s a bit silly.

I’m also pretty sure we don’t import homeless people - however Seattle has a long history of being the last stop for those “riding the rails”, and our extremely mild summers and winters have been known to attract large numbers of transient. Perhaps the peak of this was in the early 90’s. A documentary exmaining the “plight” of Seattl’es street kids was produced and aired around the country. Within the next few years Seattle had an explosion in street kids.

]]> By: SubstanceM http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-10573 SubstanceM Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:13:06 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/#comment-10573 Roy, ya you should drink that miracle urine water. It might help. Take a great big steaming gulp. Roy, ya you should drink that miracle urine water. It might help.
Take a great big steaming gulp.

]]> By: silverspringwoman http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-10571 silverspringwoman Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:52:23 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/#comment-10571 I work for a homeless shelter in a rural California county;one of the latest "trends" for dealing with the homeless is to put them on a bus going somewhere else. Our agency has done it several times; we send people back to their home states if they want to go. Mayor Newsome of SF has a project called "Homeward bound" that does the same thing. Here is a recent article that mentions HB: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/28/BAGHUGV3AG1.DTL&hw=homeless&sn=009&sc=650 I work for a homeless shelter in a rural California county;one of the latest “trends” for dealing with the homeless is to put them on a bus going somewhere else. Our agency has done it several times; we send people back to their home states if they want to go.
Mayor Newsome of SF has a project called “Homeward bound” that does the same thing. Here is a recent article that mentions HB:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article....amp;hw=homeless&sn=009&sc=650

]]> By: Anthony Philippos http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-10570 Anthony Philippos Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:49:53 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/#comment-10570 I can't speak for anywhere else, but here in Massachusetts that very thing happened to a good friend of mine on his first offense. He was in an alley peeing and a cop drove by, shined his spotlight down the alley and arrested my freind. Now he has to register as a sex offender. Not an "urban myth." I can’t speak for anywhere else, but here in Massachusetts that very thing happened to a good friend of mine on his first offense. He was in an alley peeing and a cop drove by, shined his spotlight down the alley and arrested my freind. Now he has to register as a sex offender. Not an “urban myth.”

]]> By: silverelf http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-10568 silverelf Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:51:15 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/#comment-10568 so in otherwords, yes it appears that in some places public urination can get you on a sex offender list, though only as an unfortunate side effect of a three-strikes type law, not because that was actually the intent of the law (to equate the two) and that in many cities it seems there is a growing trend of separating it out into a separate offense so in otherwords, yes it appears that in some places public urination can get you on a sex offender list, though only as an unfortunate side effect of a three-strikes type law, not because that was actually the intent of the law (to equate the two) and that in many cities it seems there is a growing trend of separating it out into a separate offense

]]> By: silverelf http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-10567 silverelf Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:49:27 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/#comment-10567 I think it is simply urban myth that public urination can give you sex offender status unless it can be proven that you were, I sunno, pissing on someone. Here in STL they are trying to pass a law specifically for public urination rather than it being a "lewd and undecent behavior" violation, some people say the penalties would go up for it, some people say they would go down http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/neighborhoods/stories.nsf/southcityjournal/news/story/A62456583B58BFCE862570FF007B63FB?OpenDocument I think in some cities multiple violations of a lewd/indecent behavior type law can result in being named to a sex offender list, see reference here: http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=28143 <a href="http://www.urinetown.com/flash/" rel="nofollow">Urinetown</a> anyone? I think it is simply urban myth that public urination can give you sex offender status unless it can be proven that you were, I sunno, pissing on someone. Here in STL they are trying to pass a law specifically for public urination rather than it being a “lewd and undecent behavior” violation, some people say the penalties would go up for it, some people say they would go down

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/neigh...3B58BFCE862570FF007B63FB?OpenDocument

I think in some cities multiple violations of a lewd/indecent behavior type law can result in being named to a sex offender list, see reference here:

http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=28143

Urinetown anyone?

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-10565 Tim Boucher Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:10:12 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/#comment-10565 Roy, I'd love it if you would look up the city ordinance for me, because I'm so lazy. Roy, I’d love it if you would look up the city ordinance for me, because I’m so lazy.

]]> By: Roy the wonderboy http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-10561 Roy the wonderboy Tue, 21 Feb 2006 06:49:54 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/02/21/pissing-in-public-in-seattle/#comment-10561 Ahh spare us from the words "urban myth," the most over used saying ever in the 90's. The utter boredom of those two words... And why would that be a peculiar rumor, all you have to do is look it up under the laws and city ordinances of seattle, to find out if it is true. Typical occultist, avoiding the intelligent and logical method to lazy'in with the "mystique" of the urban myth. And oh yeah, maybe that Seattle "Miracle water" might actually be bottle of public urination, have you ever wondered? Now that would make a great urban myth. :) Ahh spare us from the words “urban myth,” the most over used saying ever in the 90’s. The utter boredom of those two words… And why would that be a peculiar rumor, all you have to do is look it up under the laws and city ordinances of seattle, to find out if it is true. Typical occultist, avoiding the intelligent and logical method to lazy’in with the “mystique” of the urban myth.

And oh yeah, maybe that Seattle “Miracle water” might actually be bottle of public urination, have you ever wondered? Now that would make a great urban myth. :)

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