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Re: Skin (was: Re: Once again, etc.)
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Wed, 4 Feb 2004 20:46:44 GMT
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:HsKsoz.1qu3@lugnet.com...
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> Anyway, I believe that public nudity is a form of disrespect and therefore
> uncivil behavior. In order for a society to harmoniously exist, its • citizens
> must respect each other. When I studied in Jerusalem in college, we'd • frequent
> orthodox sections of the city, and we always made sure that we (especially • the
> women) were dressed appropriately (ie mostly covered up) out of respect • for the
> people who lived there. There wasn't a {law} stating that we needed to; • we just
> did it anyway, because we were sensitive to their practices and beliefs. • Only
> if people were so calloused and rude to wear bikini tops, for example, • around
> such areas would a law be necessary.
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> Public nudity is offensive to {many} Americans, and therefore those who • would
> choose to engage in such behavior are acting in blatant disregard for the
> sensibilities of others around them. It is rude and uncivil, but these
> considerations seem to be out of vogue in today's culture of narcissism • and
> hedonism. What consenting adults choose to do in private to each other (I • guess
> I draw the line at murder and cannibilism;-) is their own business, but • what
> people do in public is another matter entirely. The whole question would • be
> moot if people had respect and regard for one another. But obviously they
> don't, and, like children, they must be told what they can and cannot do,
> because they are too uncivil to know better. So one can have the {right} • to
> display one's body in public (that is, no law forbidding it), but that • doesn't
> mean that one {should} display one's body in public. Decency, respect, • and
> civility in a person would prevent it.
>
> [JOHN]
I have to agree 100% with you John.
/Joakim
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