Penalties, including fines and/or possible incarceration for circumventing or attempting circumvention of the encasement device, will be set by a panel to be named later. In severe or repetetive cases, unlocking privileges may be suspended at the discretion of a presiding judge or other adjudicator.
It is understood the encasement may take on more casual popular or trade names, a few suggestions noted include Pickle Jar, Junk Drawer, Jack in the Box, Package Deal, and one
which is perhaps a bit in bad taste, Pig in a Blanket. Others will no doubt arise. It is suggested that anyone suffering from erectile dysfunction should not partake of drugs, prescription or otherwise, designed to alleviate this condition while encased.
It should be noted that, should this legislation elevate to a national level, members of any state legislatures and/or Congress will be exempted from encasement during and after their tenure in office. All males reaching puberty prior to its enactment will also be exempted from the provisions of this
legislation. No grandfathering will apply.
Other particulars regarding the organization and structure of PEQR, and the exact specifications of the medical procedures and the encasements, applying for exemptions, etc., will follow when somebody figures all that out. It should also be noted that said agency will ultimately be privatized under the aegis of one or more "one percenters" (also exempted).
Article comments
1 - baritone
Boy, this has certainly raised a veritable fire storm of discussion. Woohoo!
2 - Glenn Contrarian
Baritone -
Don'tcha know that the BC conservatives are too busy raising hell about the need for 'small government' to pay attention to something so trivial as requiring medically-unnecessary ultrasounds and recommending aspirins for knees that aren't having any pain?
3 - baritone
Actually, over the years I've found that most BC politics writers and commenters are largely a humorless lot. And often what passes for humor amongst many of the Rightys is more or less on the level of Foster Friess' Bayer Aspirin "joke." Anything even remotely witty generally passes right over them.
4 - El Bicho
The aspirin joke is funny, but it should be told at happy hour, not on cable TV during a discussion about contraception.
5 - Glenn Contrarian
Baritone -
If you want a few laughs, listen to Stephanie Miller online (if you can't get a local progressive station). She almost always gets a belly laugh from me at some point in her show.
6 - baritone
Indianapolis and progressive radio are as polar opposites.
7 - baritone
Ahhh me. Gone are the days when you could belch & fart here in the pol section and come away with a hundred comments.
8 - Glenn Contrarian
b-tone -
Since I'm not intelligent enough to learn from you posting an article that didn't get 100+ comments, I've submitted an article that should get the same number or less - if the editors have taste poor enough to allow it. I'll give you one hint - Rick Santorum.