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To: Dale Baker who wrote (27270)	8/29/2006 10:43:47 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 541772

FWIW, in many parts of the less developed world, peeing by the side of the road is considered absolutely normal I'm aware of that but it isn't considered normal in the US. I'm not as much ranting against the practice, or shouting "It must be illegal", as I am defending making it illegal as more reasonable than arreseting someone for smoking a cigarette, or drinking a single beer outdoors in public. it never had any smell or health effects that I could see The health effects might be minimal, in some cases zero, but the same could apply to drinking a beer in public or even smoking a cigarette outdoors. The smell is real, and under the right conditions it can even be somewhat persistent. Someone peeing by his car isn't going to beat up someone walking by he doesn't like. Drinkers sometimes do. Someone who is drunk might be more likely to beat someone up. Someone drinking a beer without being drunk doesn't present the same risk.

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