Norway Gets To Decide If Stripping Is An Art Form

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6213222.stm

Stripping is art, Norway decides

A Norwegian appeals court has ruled that striptease is an art form and should therefore be exempt from value-added tax (VAT).
The owners of the Diamond Go Go Bar in Oslo had refused to pay VAT of 25% on entry fees as tax authorities demanded.

The local authority had taken the club to court over its refusal to pay tax.

Lawyers for the club's owners argued that striptease dancers were stage artists just like sword-swallowers and comedians and deserved the same status.

"Striptease, in the way it is practised in this case, is a form of dance combined with acting," the judges ruled, according to AFP news agency.

The court's ruling upholds an earlier verdict of May 2005.

"One can suspect there were moral scruples behind the tax authorities' claim since all forms of stage dance are free of value-added tax," Reuters news agency quoted the club owners' lawyer as saying.

The court ordered the state to cover the court costs of the owners of the Diamond Go Go Bar.

Just found this to be an interesting story

 

[PKRipp3r]

[quote name='fart_bubble']http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6213222.stm




Just found this to be an interesting story[/QUOTE]

stripping is definitely an art

but it's a science too

i like to call it 'stripology'

 

[RegalSin2020]

Yes and no.

the fact that you are dancing and doing it in a seqeunce makes it an art but the fact that people who do strip are more likely to be doing it for adult entertainment.

Personally Stripping is already a sport and could be considered art in the class of skating.

 

[PKRipp3r]

[quote name='RegalSin2020']Yes and no.

the fact that you are dancing and doing it in a seqeunce makes it an art but the fact that people who do strip are more likely to be doing it for adult entertainment.

Personally Stripping is already a sport and could be considered art in the class of skating.[/QUOTE]

agreed

it's at least as difficult as skating

and more challenging than curling

 

[Drocket]

"Is oral sex adultery? Yes! There is no discussion! If curling is an olympic sport, then oral sex is adultry. And oral sex should be an olympic sport because it's more difficult than curling and if you're any good at it, you deserve a medal!"
- Lewis Black

Not directly related, but funny enough that it needed to be said.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

It's an art in New York City or Vegas. It's a sickening display of public indecency in Austin, MN.

 

[Xevious]

I like Strippers as much as the next guy - but stripping is no in' art! It takes zero skill to do a strip tease.

 

[Ikohn4ever]

its an artform how they take away my money....

 

[CocheseUGA]

[quote name='Xevious']I like Strippers as much as the next guy - but stripping is no in' art! It takes zero skill to do a strip tease.[/QUOTE]

You've obviously never seen a bad one.

 

[PKRipp3r]

[quote name='Xevious']I like Strippers as much as the next guy - but stripping is no in' art! It takes zero skill to do a strip tease.[/QUOTE]

you've also obviously never performed a strip-tease in front of a room full of people

 

[ShieldMiser]

I'm still wondering why Norway gets the vote I mean what have they done for us lately and I think we have more top proffesors in Stripology then they do