When nudity is outlawed only outlaws will have... er, uhm, that is...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
I don't think I can top the FARKer who introduced this Associated Press story (also at Chicago Sun-Times and USA Today) as follows:
Completely legal Vermont nude beach under fire from protesters, who want to visit the beach without seeing nudity. Common sense, "going to a different beach" conspicuously missing from debate
Southwest Cove is one of the most famous nude beaches in the country, but there's a move under way to make people put their suits back on.I can't remember the last time I "pranced around like a puffed up chicken". Can you?
For decades, people have come to visit the beach, which is listed in nudist guides and on Web sites. All are welcome, naked or not, while cameras without permission and sexual behavior are forbidden.
The beach is on public land that isn't visible from the highway. The state -- which has no laws banning public nudity -- advises visitors with a sign at a trail head leading to the beach that warns ''be advised, you may encounter nude bathers.''
But some Westmore residents want to be able to use the beach without having to worry they or their kids will confront a naked person. They're pushing the town to pass an anti-nudity ordinance.
...Westmore, about 20 miles south of the U.S.-Canada border in northeastern Vermont, has a year-round population of 319, which jumps to about 1,000 in the summer. [Wonder why?]
..."All we're looking for, you know, is no nudity on the public beach," [said Tony Strange, who lives about a half-mile from Southwest Cove and helped circulate a petition asking the Select Board to enact the ordinance]. "You want to be naked in private, fine. ... I just don't want you to prance around like a puffed up chicken in front of my kids and think it's OK."
Are there no other beaches in Vermont?
Well, sure there are. But this one is purty.
Posted byRegin at 5:08 PM
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