Merciful heavens

While making a valiant attempt to clear my email inbox (a task which is not quite [nor has it ever been] "there" yet), a news item leapt out and caught my eye. "Driver is arrested over car art", proclaimed the Indy Star. Well, that sounded pretty juicy, plus I don't know what "car art" is, so I had to read the article. It turns out "car art" is a nude exotic dancer painted (with her pole, and a couple of leering audience members) on the trunk of your boyfriend's car. This would be the same boyfriend who hasn't fixed the broken taillight (the painting must've tapped him out, financially). So, you - the girlfriend, who has borrowed his car because yours isn't working and you have to run the kids around - you get stopped by the police (for said broken taillight) and end up being arrested for disseminating matter harmful to minors. I am simply agog - first, that this incident should be written up under the heading of "art", car or no car. Secondly, it's crazy that this mom ended up being charged with a Class D felony. Having questionable taste in men with questionable taste should be punishable by no more than a misdemeanor, in my humble opinion.