"PLEASE DRESS MODESTLY. THIS IS A JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD."

[mota bhai 2,675]

Some residents of Crown Heights are so scandalized by your vile body they've gone ahead and printed some signs, demanding "residents, guests and visitors" cover up.

...

The backdrop of the sign depicts what appears to be a lovely spring day—the grass looks inviting and soft, the sky is blue and filled with fluffy clouds.

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"Love and Respect," it reads, with "love" printed in gentle, sloping red cursive. "Respect," though, has a sharper tone, with white block letters suggesting a Machiavellian sternness. "Dear Resident, Guest, Visitor," it goes on. "PLEASE DRESS MODESTLY. THIS IS A JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD."

To the sign's creators—a few points ... The street is city property, and its upkeep is financed by taxes we all pay. I am not a "guest"—that street is as much mine as it is yours. I have not sauntered into your living room wearing nothing but a smile and a merkin. I have not dropped in to your child's preschool parading my second best nipple tassels.

Second of all, this particular sign was posted at Kingston Avenue and Lincoln Place. While Crown Heights is home to a large population of ultra-Orthodox Jews, the idea that any one group can claim ownership over a neighborhood is wrongheaded. Crown Heights resident Alexa Antopol, who sent the photos, put it best:

I wear what I want to (what is most comfortable and appropriate) and have done so since I was old enough to purchase my own clothes. "Modesty," as defined by others, is not a ​​​​consideration as I dress myself to face the day. I am capable of pulling together appropriate and flattering attire on my own, using my best judgement and taste.

If one finds oneself offended by my attire, that's not my fault or my problem. Signs printed with demeaning and insulting subtext that my "immodest" attire is offensive to a particular group to which I do not belong are offensive to me.

Resident Native New Yorker Jake Dobkin has also weighed in, saying that no one has the right to tell a New Yorker what clothes he or she can wear outside. "If you want people to dress a certain way in your temple, or in your bakery, you can ask, because that’s a more private space," he said. On the other hand, the signs are protected by free speech—"you're free to ignore them!" he said, adding that in Jerusalem, an immodest outfit is liable to make you the target of hurled garbage and hawked loogies—or worse.

http://gothamist.com/2014/07/25/please_dress_modestly_orders_crown.php

[Jacque67 7,328]

OMG!

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Some residents of Crown Heights are so scandalized by your vile body they've gone ahead and printed some signs, demanding "residents, guests and visitors" cover up.

...

The backdrop of the sign depicts what appears to be a lovely spring day—the grass looks inviting and soft, the sky is blue and filled with fluffy clouds.

...

"Love and Respect," it reads, with "love" printed in gentle, sloping red cursive. "Respect," though, has a sharper tone, with white block letters suggesting a Machiavellian sternness. "Dear Resident, Guest, Visitor," it goes on. "PLEASE DRESS MODESTLY. THIS IS A JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD."

To the sign's creators—a few points ... The street is city property, and its upkeep is financed by taxes we all pay. I am not a "guest"—that street is as much mine as it is yours. I have not sauntered into your living room wearing nothing but a smile and a merkin. I have not dropped in to your child's preschool parading my second best nipple tassels.

Second of all, this particular sign was posted at Kingston Avenue and Lincoln Place. While Crown Heights is home to a large population of ultra-Orthodox Jews, the idea that any one group can claim ownership over a neighborhood is wrongheaded. Crown Heights resident Alexa Antopol, who sent the photos, put it best:

I wear what I want to (what is most comfortable and appropriate) and have done so since I was old enough to purchase my own clothes. "Modesty," as defined by others, is not a ​​​​consideration as I dress myself to face the day. I am capable of pulling together appropriate and flattering attire on my own, using my best judgement and taste.

If one finds oneself offended by my attire, that's not my fault or my problem. Signs printed with demeaning and insulting subtext that my "immodest" attire is offensive to a particular group to which I do not belong are offensive to me.

Resident Native New Yorker Jake Dobkin has also weighed in, saying that no one has the right to tell a New Yorker what clothes he or she can wear outside. "If you want people to dress a certain way in your temple, or in your bakery, you can ask, because that’s a more private space," he said. On the other hand, the signs are protected by free speech—"you're free to ignore them!" he said, adding that in Jerusalem, an immodest outfit is liable to make you the target of hurled garbage and hawked loogies—or worse.

http://gothamist.com/2014/07/25/please_dress_modestly_orders_crown.php

I would say the same thing if it said Baptist neighborhood or Muslim neighborhood. GFY F=Florida

[mota bhai 2,675]

This is in NYC.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

This is in NYC.

All right the next time you call me slow for missing the point, I am going to rub this in your face

[GandD 5,966]

I would say the same thing if it said Baptist neighborhood or Muslim neighborhood. GFY F=Florida

Go Florida yourself?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Go Florida yourself?

We agreed on the F being Florida during the last Mod inquisition and before the Chest vote. As a senior member and semi-official gran phoo-baa of this forum, you should know that

[mota bhai 2,675]

I must have missed that.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I must have missed that.

or maybe I dreamed it. My CRS is kicking in

[GandD 5,966]

I too, missed that.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I too, missed that.

Several examples. It was white hot for a while . it became chest law on 16 June. Harpa liked it and Jaques also. I figured that made it law. I have a photographic memory

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/501301-slow-news-day-at-the-ol-cehst/?p=7078335

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/501301-slow-news-day-at-the-ol-cehst/?p=7078851

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/501704-tea-party-attorney-irs-lying-about-missing-lois-lerner-emails/?p=7092407

Edited July 26, 2014 by The Nature Boy

[Peikko 1,575]

I don't see it as a big problem. it's only a request that can't be enforced. In fact, if any one wanted to be particularly obtuse they could deliberately wander around those streets in the skimpiest outfits just to be provocative and shocking, but honestly, the best policy is to carry on as normal and just chalk it up to what makes the great tapestry of human life

[unsmiley 111]

I don't see it as a big problem. it's only a request that can't be enforced. ..., the best policy is to carry on as normal and just chalk it up to what makes the great tapestry of human life

I agree. There is nothing wrong with the request. But that is all it is. No big deal.

[mota bhai 2,675]

I agree. There is nothing wrong with the request. But that is all it is. No big deal.

I doubt there would be this much magnanimity shown had the sign that "this is a muslim neighborhood" instead.

[Boiler 45,525]

The sign was written on the widow of the cafe in the Liege suburb, in both French and Turkish.

In French it said: "Dogs are allowed in, but Zionists are not in any circumstances." But in Turkish, the sign specifically said that Jews were banned, using the word 'Yahudi'.

A Palestinian flag can be seen hanging in the window, next to an Israeli flag with a red cross through it.