Ok, I’m creeped out by the word emphasized in the Reuters piece below, emphasis mine.

Unrelated people who kiss each other on the lips for more than five minutes at public places in the Indonesian city of Tangerang will face arrest, local media said Friday.

First of all, kissing someone related for more than a brief second on the lips is odd to me. If they are going to break out the stopwatch on kissing in Tangerang then at least do it in that case, please.

This is a good place for me to rail on a bit about people who feel the need to make out excessively in public. Look, a brief affectionate kiss is one thing, but get a room if you need to break out your tongue on your significant other in public, please. It’s one thing at the movies or some quiet semi-private getaway or perhaps at an amateur porn shoot or swinger’s party and quite another in the middle of a mall.

I remember this one couple of business professionals who were always kissing each other in every photo taken at company events. It became a bit tiresome and a joke among others. Look, take some pictures in the workplace when you are not kissing. Do they have faces? The camera could never seem to separate the lips.

Of course I have nothing against kissing and I think this law in Tangerang is ludicrous. I like kissing and look at the category to gauge how serious I really am here if concerned. But do I need to kiss my wife/significant all the time in public to tell the world how much I like it? Do you?

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