NO UNDIES and GOSSIPING in the CITY: Whoah!
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (137238)
Philippines
February 16, 2019 2:35am CST
Recently, I just read the news that the two local barangays' officials in Upper Quarry and Holy Ghost Proper, Baguio City, Philippines passed ordinances. The local people are not allowed to dry underwear in front of their respective houses in Holy Ghost Proper and no gossiping between neighbors within the premises in Upper Quarry. Regardless of what they wanted, it cannot be implemented without the approval of the city officials.
It sounds like my local people are not thinking about policymaking in their areas. Moreover, it is relatable to what the city officials' implemented that it is not allowed to curse in public a few months back. Personally, the policymakers are doing a nonsense job.
"Do you think that these ordinances are with sense?"
"Are you allowed to hang your undies or gossip in front of your house?"
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@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
16 Feb 19
Luckily, we have a yard. We can have the line in the backyard every Sundays. Unfortunately, some people who are renting their place cannot have one. The option is to hang in front of their door or side. With this situation, the local officials wanted to implement this to make the city look neat and tidy.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
16 Feb 19
It is forbidden to dry clothes at windows or balconies here, only possible in back gardens. The bylaw about gossips will be impossible to enforce, you cannot forbid to people to discuss, and if a policeman comes to tell you that you are gossiping, you can always tell him that you were discussing about the weather
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@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
16 Feb 19
I agree with the part of the gossiping issue. It is really not a real rule to conceal what other people say to anything. According to the passage that I read, it was being questioned by the higher-ups in the City Hall. It should be defined and specified what grounds of gossiping would be committing a crime.
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@allknowing (130231)
• India
16 Feb 19
I personally do not like it when I see those things hanging around.
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@allknowing (130231)
• India
16 Feb 19
@Shavkat In balconies they can dry them below the parapet level.
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@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
17 Feb 19
@allknowing I think that is fine. It is not too obvious to be seen.
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@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
16 Feb 19
I also feel the same way about hanging clothes in front of people's houses. I wondered how can they suppressed gossiping. In fact, it wasn't clear how can they control this and what grounds that a person had committed such a crime in their eyes.
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@JudyEv (326384)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Feb 19
I guess we have plenty of room in Australia so I don't know anyone who needs to hang their undies in front of their houses. In big apartment blocks they might put their washing on racks but they don't put up clothes lines. Quite possibly they are not allowed to in those situations.
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@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
17 Feb 19
I am lucky that we do have a yard to hang these clothes. I do agree with this ordinance. Since my city is one of the tourist attractions in my city. It is not pleasant to see them in front of their houses. What would be the tourists will say by seeing this?
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
18 Feb 19
OMG! Those are stupid ordinances, Shavkat! (I can see how it would be not to difficult to keep people from hanging out their laundry in front of their homes but gossiping goes on constantly! Especially when there is a rule passed to stop it! )
If I wanted, I can hang any article of clothing anywhere around my house inside or out. (I use an electric clothes dryer, so wouldn't need to do that, though.)
It's also up to me whether I "gossip" in front of my house or not. Even a law to stop that wouldn't stop it from happening!
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If I wanted, I can hang any article of clothing anywhere around my house inside or out. (I use an electric clothes dryer, so wouldn't need to do that, though.)
It's also up to me whether I "gossip" in front of my house or not. Even a law to stop that wouldn't stop it from happening!1 person likes this
@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
20 Feb 19
That's what my mind boggling about lately. These local officials are not thinking of making ordinances. The scope of these ordinances are so limited and nonsense in all accounts. If I am having a meeting, I might not conceal my feelings about this issue.
@aureliah (24321)
• Kenya
17 Feb 19
I do not even understand how people hang their underwears where everybody can see them. Here even when you enter into someone's bedroom, you can hardly see their inner wears
@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
16 Feb 19
If getting together is prohibited, that is a violation of the freedom of expression in the Constitution. But if you are there ruining the reputation of other people through gossiping then that is libel, isnt it?
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