Some young people in Vermont seem to have discovered something other legal scholars have overlooked:
"I think most of Vermont wants Vermont to be nude," said Hannah Phillips, 15, who added that she has not disrobed. "People have a basic human right to be naked if they want to."
What they have there is kids just being kids, and adults being completely stupid about it. Apparently nobody is in charge in Vermont. Love this guy's reaction:
Andrew Wdowiak, who works at Everyone's Books, said that he's not put off by the nudity, but that the act has become a little tired. "I think it was more for the shock value," he said. "They weren't flagrant about it."
But last week, when about a half-dozen naked teenagers congregated outside the store," it was like they were baking a cake, and they really frosted it," Wdowiak said. "All the men were naked, and the women were topless. I needed about three drinks to erase that vision."
I really, really hope this trend doesn't move to Indiana. I don't think three drinks would be nearly enough.
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Conservative Indiana would never put up with that! And they shouldn't. Your private parts are meant to be kept private!
Send the nudists to Oregon where they can enjoy our two legal nude beaches. Visit AANR.com!
You know, there used to be standards of decency in this country. Women's ankles were considered scandalous. I think everyone should be forced to wear burqas. They don't have these kind of problems in Iraq, I can tell you! We could learn a thing or two from the Muslim countries about respect for decency. It's hard to have impure thoughts when you're covered from head to toe in cloth. Everything but the eyes and the nose. OOoh, yeah, the nose. Shake that nose, baby.
Granted there is a time and place for nudity. However, I can't help but think if nudity weren't regarded by modern-day Puritans as taboo and naughty there would be less rape and related incidents. Have to wonder about folks that were more upset by Janet Jackson's nipple than the cumulative violence depicted on TV the same week. I'd rather my kids glimpse a harmless breast than violence.
Matt Goldman
St.Petersburg, FL