Kate Bradshaw’s feature about Maui Dance Advocates’ First Amendment battle with the LC generated a lot of reader feedback. Here’s a sampling:
“Thanks for writing this. As a small person who loves to dance, I am intimidated by going onto those crowded floors. I think I should have the right to dance where I please. If I flail around too much they can kick me out. Saying you can’t dance because you might get out of control would be the same as saying you can’t drink because you might puke. It’s called individual responsibility and it comes with individual freedom… Love the cover photo! That is hilarious. You guys rock… That cover was terrible. Disrespectful and ugly…. Nobody has taken the right to dance away. All it says is that it will be in designated areas. And all I see is that it is for the safety of all patrons of bars and cubs. If you love dancing so much that you will make a fuss about it, then you are definitely not one of those that are afraid to hop on a dance floor in front of people. Give me a break people—if the rhythm moves you, you can bob your head or raise your arms. But if you need to move your body find some room to do it, like on a dance floor… Let the state bear the burden of proof that dancing is harmful. What the hell was the catalyst for the dancing ban to begin with? Whose idea was it? Can we make that person stand up and explain himself?… I’ll dance where I please! Eff you LC if you try to tell me I can’t. Also, don’t they try to ban swearing too?… Hey, is it just me or is this story a lot like that Kevin Bacon movie?”
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