[MD] U.S. Values: the Jones

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Platt]
I wonder when Arlo will show us his birthday suit on the Internet.

[Khaled]
He's probably afraid your totalitarian secret service ( morality 
police)  would arrest him and rendition him somewhere never to be heard 
from again.

[Arlo]
This is now the third or fourth time Platt made this request. Hmmm... maybe 
he has an ulterior motive here.

You make a good point (as always), Khaled. Namely, the self-professed 
moralists in this country that cling to certain decontextual segments of 
the Judeo-Christian code do so at the expense and neglect of the _primary_ 
message of their own saviour. It is always picking and choosing "morals" 
that give them power over others, while ignoring any and all "morals" that 
require change or action on their part. Getting all uppity over nudity 
while people freeze in their homes, or go without food, is just the tip of 
the iceberg.

And why he thinks that my clothing could feed starving children ("the 
clothes he insists on wearing could feed some starving children in Darfur") 
is beyond me. Maybe he buys edible clothing at his local Adult Shoppe, but 
I prefer regular denim Levis.