> "(¯`·.¸Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) -- NO FACTS Support the RRR Cult's
> Loathsome Agendas!" mchsi.com> wrote:

>> 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.

>>      Good info!!!

>>>>     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...

>>      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!
>>
>>     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!

> Going topless is legal everywhere in the State of New York, including
> New York City.

>>>>     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.

>>>    There are many other possibilities!

>>>    How about:

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

>>      In Ontario and Vermont, those can be realities.  (Probably also in
>> some of Europe.)

>>>>     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.
>>>
>>>     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.

>>      Yep.  A great equalizer!