smirking ban proposed in SF
harley
Wed Apr 9, 5:22 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A raised eyebrow, loud guffaw, smirk or other
facial expressions could all be banned in future political debate under new
rules proposed for the city council in Palo Alto, California.
In a bid to improve civility in the town's public discourse, a committee on
the city council has spent hours debating guidelines for its own behaviour.
"Do not use body language or other nonverbal methods of expression,
disagreement or disgust," a new list of proposed conduct rules reads.
Another rule calls for council members to address each other with titles
followed by last names, a formality not always practised in laid-back
California.
"I don't want to muzzle my colleagues," councilwoman Judy Kleinberg, who
headed the committee that drafted the rules, told the San Jose Mercury News.
But, she added: "I don't think the people sitting around the cabinet with
the president roll their eyes."
Joel Olson
What she aims to say is that they're hypnotized?
RME
harley
"Joel Olson" <jeo...@webzone.net> wrote in message
news:b745fo$un3$1...@slb9.atl.mindspring.net...
Perhaps she means they are Mesmerized.
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~dylanwad/morganic/bio_mesmer.htm