No Nudes Is Good Nudes
Gee, I had to get this from the British press. The town of Brattleboro, Vermont got a lot of media attention last year when a fad started among the town's teenagers of wandering around town in the buff. The town council decided last year not to pass a law against public nudity since winter was coming on. They figured Mother Nature would settle things. What they did not take into account is the problems the media coverage would provoke: visitors to the town just showing up with no clothes. Now they are set to pass an emergency law banning the practice, at least in some areas.
A town in Vermont famous for turning a blind eye to public nudity is planning to ban it tomorrow amid concern it is attracting unwelcome attention and offending local people.
Brattleboro's strip-and-let-strip philosophy may end when its council intends to introduce an emergency ordinance to ban nudity in certain parts of the town.
Local feeling hardened a few days ago after a 68-year-old male visitor strolled naked through the centre of town during Gallery Walk, a monthly social event in which people visit the town's art venues.
The man told residents he was from Arizona and had decided to have a holiday in Brattleboro after reading about its public nudity freedom on the internet.
Vermont - famous for its liberal views - has no state laws against public nudity, although a handful of cities and towns have banned it.
Brattleboro flirted with the idea last summer when a group of teenagers held naked gatherings in a car park. Local people said publicity over the incident triggered interest from all over America.
The ironic thing here is that the "nonconformists" who are not wearing clothes are now all conforming to that role. As with all fads. The kiddies are even recycling old hippie mantras:
"I like to swim naked, and that would be affected if they do this. Vermont doesn't need to conform to the rest of society's uptight rules."
Like, wow, man. Groovy.
By Jaded, Monday, 16 July , 2007 @ 11:34 am
Liberals the perverts of America brought to you by the most preverted organization ever founded the ACLU.