Ever longed to be naked in Paris? City council votes TODAY French nationals, tourists - in fact anyone and everyone - may soon be able to get their kit off and walk through Paris - well, a designated area - without fear of a hefty fine. The Green Party for the capital of love will today propose at a city council meeting that a nudist park be created, though the exact location has yet …
"… we disagree strongly. A sexual pervert is someone who does other naughty things and not what we do!" - every sexual pervert in history.
But your well-mannered western behavior is completely perverted according to other cultural standards. The question of what constitutes acceptable clothing is a purely cultural convention. Or do you have a particular reason to be offended by female beast and hairy male legs in white socks and sandals?
I merely pointed out a formulation that caught my eye and which I find rather characteristic. And it goes beyond sexual deviance: "Those calling me a crook/liar/whatever should look at what HE does!" is something we're likely to hear from someone that has no way of showing one's own honesty other than by pointing finger at others.
But if we're to go into the matter then yes, what constitutes appropriate clothing is a matter of convention and yes, each culture has their own, but, also yes, each culture has one - which rather makes me believe that there is a reason for its existence. In other words, it's not so much about where exactly do you draw the line, but it is important that there is a line on which we have agreed as a society. And I'll leave it at that, otherwise I'm likely to produce a wall of text. :)
That El Reg's related content system apparently can't tell the difference between the capital city of France and a ground-breaking aeronautical experiment? (see number of PARIS stories related to Paris here)
I imagine the plucky playmonaut would object to high-altitude nudity on grounds of radiation exposure at least!
(Paris, obviously!)
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