By keeping ordinary things like handbills, cohabitation, gambling, and other "victimless" crimes illegal, it means just about anybody can be harassed by the long arm of the law. But it's the ones with the unfashionable attitudes that feel the boot first.
This pen and ink cartoon above was created in 1983 and first published as a handbill. It ran in SLANT in 1986. It was part of a five-year propaganda campaign to fight off the city's anti-handbill laws. SLANT's first cause was to frame that same battle in a freedom-of-speech context, while claiming the pop scene depended on such flyers being posted on utility poles to exist. In 1987 the local statutes were changed. Essentially, we won.
This pen and ink cartoon above was created in 1983 and first published as a handbill. It ran in SLANT in 1986. It was part of a five-year propaganda campaign to fight off the city's anti-handbill laws. SLANT's first cause was to frame that same battle in a freedom-of-speech context, while claiming the pop scene depended on such flyers being posted on utility poles to exist. In 1987 the local statutes were changed. Essentially, we won.
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