Why I am opposed to public nudity

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September 3rd, 2017 at 5:43:00 AM permalink
Pacomartin
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Paris opened a new clothing optional zone in a public park. Immediately people who should be prohibited by law from being naked in the privacy of their own homes came to celebrate.
September 3rd, 2017 at 7:05:31 AM permalink
Wizard
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I think the other side would argue that public nudity isn't about looking at others or them looking at you but just being naked.
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September 3rd, 2017 at 6:21:32 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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As the Advice Columnist replied to "Is it good form for a military wife to wear a mini skirt?" : "If your form is a good form, yes."

Mini skirts were great... until 65 year old women weighing in a 300 pounds started wearing them.

It used to be that girls were not permitted to engage in indecent exposure of the ankles, now they can often be topless and sometimes totally nude.

Nude beaches or Clothing Optional beaches and resorts abound.

I think those who have been nudists for years get immune to the elderly or overweight nudes.

At many communes various degrees of nudity are still practiced.

I don't think its just 'being naked' but interacting with others as a naked person.
September 3rd, 2017 at 7:44:43 PM permalink
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Quote: Fleastiff
I don't think its just 'being naked' but interacting with others as a naked person.
If it is just one person that's nude, it's called streaking. Two three or or more are nudists.
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September 3rd, 2017 at 8:36:27 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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Quote: Wizard
I think the other side would argue that public nudity isn't about looking at others or them looking at you but just being naked.


No doubt.

Still for a city famous for celebrating the nude as an art form for more than a century, it is quite a let down.
September 4th, 2017 at 1:06:51 PM permalink
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Paris opened a new clothing optional zone in a public park. Immediately people who should be prohibited by law from being naked in the privacy of their own homes came to celebrate.


You can more easily avoid offending your sensibilities by avoiding that area, than by restricting the rights of these people.
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September 4th, 2017 at 3:42:08 PM permalink
Wizard
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You can more easily avoid offending your sensibilities by avoiding that area, than by restricting the rights of these people.


I second that.
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September 4th, 2017 at 3:46:23 PM permalink
FrGamble
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You can more easily avoid offending your sensibilities by avoiding that area, than by restricting the rights of these people.


As long as it is a private place set apart for them then I agree. Public nudity as in the public area is offensive.
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September 4th, 2017 at 6:19:55 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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Quote: Nareed
You can more easily avoid offending your sensibilities by avoiding that area, than by restricting the rights of these people.

Quote: Wizard
I second that.
Quote: Pacomartin
.. people who should be prohibited by law from being naked in the privacy of their own homes came to celebrate.

Quote: Pacomartin
When David Letterman was a guest on the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, he was talking about experiences on a nude beach while vacationing in the Bahamas: "Johnny, there were people there who shouldn't be allowed to be naked in the privacy of their own homes".


I think you are taking my comments seriously. It was just a chance to use one of my favorite David Letterman jokes.
I guess in my mind I hear a comedy routine, but when you read my comments you think I am being a prude.

20 December 1979 (time 2:04)


I think this episode is a very famous one, because a 32 year old David had appeared on Johnny Carson 5 times, and was guest host 15 times. With that many appearances his future was looking a lot brighter, as he was in talks to host his own show the following year. He bought his first house. He was telling Johnny about people who go to a nude beach near his new home.

His daytime show only lasted 4 months, but with Johnny Carson's help he got a second Late Night Show.
September 4th, 2017 at 6:57:06 PM permalink
kenarman
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You can more easily avoid offending your sensibilities by avoiding that area, than by restricting the rights of these people.


Their rights are already restricted since they can only be nude in designated ghettos. Why can't they go where ever they want nude?
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