Surely there are all kinds of interesting and constructive classroom discussions to be had about lawbreaking.
replyClassrooms teach about reality (among other things) and there are many things in reality that don't involve obedience to the law, as it exists at a particular time and place.
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...
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It sounds like, of the three options given, you are squarely in the “authorities” camp (although it seems to me that you interpret the question as asking what you believe should happen, whereas it appears to be asking what happens in practice). Wouldn’t it be interesting to hear the other points of view?
replyPlaying the devil's advocate: The law also determined that any space, public or private, can't be used for same-sex sexual activity. So that was a driving force for people seeking completely anonymous encounters, in spaces that aren't linked to either person.
replyYou have not understood the question. It is not asking who determines the use/intent of a space, it is asking who determines the meaning of the space. The law determines that it is not to be used for sexual activities. But what is the true meaning of the space? Is the true meaning the law, and only the law?
reply> The law determines that public space can't be used for any sexual activity.
replyFollow-up question: Does an enclosed stall count as "public space"?
If I'm about to step into it 5 seconds after you leave, yes it does.
replyAnd yet when I want to do some photography, as is my right in public spaces, everyone gets all indignant.
replythe pissoir . . . the greatest concession most of them made to privacy was a little iron screen separating the user from the street.
replyLook at the photos in the article, they weren't enclosed stalls. Its elegant in a way, just a couple feet of opaque material that wraps the beltline of a central aiming point. Basically as good as going on a tree but without people getting uptight.
>The law determines that public space can't be used for any sexual activity.
replyWhen it's one person, true, but when it's a population, the politics historically changes and the law accedes to pressure to stop enforcing that determination.
They're probably talking about the sociological functions of the facility, not the set of legally permissible uses of it. (There's a pretty famous book on this particular application, Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex In Public Places.)
replyThat didn't stop... a lot of people.
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