> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:10:36 -0500,
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> Uncle Vic withheld.com> wrote:

>>  "g...@rock.com" rock.com> wrote:

>>>    Clothing optional beaches are better because you can go skinny
>>> dipping and not get tan lines.  

>>    You also don't have to walk around in a dripping pair of trunks.
>>    You also don't have to worry about jellyfish swimming up your trunks.
>>    You also don't get grating sand in your crotch.
>>    You also get to take girl-watching to a whole new level.

>>>      These two reasons make clothing optional beaches infinitely better.  
>>> Skinny dipping is way better than wearing a swimsuit and you look way
>>> better without tan lines.  You have an unalienable right to choose to
>>> wear what you want to wear and this includes wearing nothing.

>>    I wish that were true.  But keep this in mind.  There are no federal laws
>> (in the USA) concerning public nudity.  Seek out federal land, post a
>> warning sign, and you're completely within your rights, as long as you
>> are 500 yards from any public thoroghfare (road, sidewalk, etc.), or not
>> along the sightline of a casual glance.

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>      Good info!!!
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>>>     Given that people are highly likely to want to wear nothing at a beach
>>> or anytime when swimming,

>>    Well, those people number about 2%% of the population of the world,
>> last I heard.  Nude resorts in the Caribbean and Mexico are on the rise,
>> however.  But most people in today's society have been taught by parents
>> and religious leaders to be ashamed of their bodies.  Imagine that...

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>      And the Europeans have been laughing their asses off at us for that,
> for centuries -- ever since they got RID of their Puritans and shipped
> those repressive losers over here.  We've been infested by carry-overs
> of their wacky excuse for "mores" ever since.  Nude beaches are common-
> place in Europe, and nudity is no big deal there -- even on TV.  I've been
> to Europe 11 times, and LOVE it over there.  The place is a breath of
> fresh air, and their passenger rail system makes OUR land transportation
> look like the Dark Ages!
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>     POI -- Public nudity is totally legal in Ontario, Canada -- and in the
> State of Vermont, here in the USA!  An amazng percentage of people
> don't know that!

>>>     and based on this right to choose to wear whatever you want to
>>> wear, we should have more clothing optional beaches and swimming
>>> areas everywhere in the world.

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>>    There are many other possibilities!

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>>    How about:

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>> Clothing-optional shopping.
>> Clothing-optional golf.
>> Clothing-optional barbeques.
>> Clothing-optional church.

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>      In Ontario and Vermont, those can be realities.  (Probably also in
> some of Europe.)
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>>>     Going naked is also not a gay thing.  You may see a naked man at a
>>> nude beach, but he's more likely heterosexual than homosexual.

>>      And if he's homosexual, he's still accepted societally, since sexuality
>> and nudism are completely separate issues - something your average Joe
>> (or Josephine) doesn't understand.

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>>     Another nice plus is that the usual human generalizing classification by
>> income, career, etc., disappears completely in a nudist environment.  
>> Everyone suddenly looks the same!  It's a really cool social experience.

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>      Yep.  A great equalizer!
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