On 9/03/06 9:42 AM, "Bob Shell", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You won't see this on USA beaches. Except for a very few nude > beaches, nudity or even just plain topless women is banned. Thong and > T-back swimsuits are also banned on many beaches. Except in Ontario, Canada. Several years ago, in a very hot summer day, a local student, who was a young lady, took her top off, strolled on a public street and arrested. However, her reasoning was that she was feeling too hot and should be able to take her top off just as guys do. In court, she has been successful in defending her position. She might have been a bit too forthcoming on women's right, but the verdict was applauded. For a couple of weeks after this, topless young ladies, most of them looked proper, popped up in street corners etc. Even some of the not-so-young ladies cut grass topless in her backyard etc. They all showed up in newspapers with some amusing articles. After a while, this quickly died down and now nobody talks about it these day, and most people probably do not even know that it is legal for women to go topless in public. There probably must be some proviso to go with this verdict, such as only in summer (define summer :-) or outdoor only etc. Good example of how quickly people get indifferent to these things. But most people realize the general public morality and I do not think I ever see this in newspapers any more or actually see topless women in public. I do not think the tourists to Toronto significantly increased either :-). But if you have an urge to go topless here in public, com'on over and you won't be arrested. Just email me before you do that. Cheers, Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
