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Polish court reprimands topless sunbathers (see pictures)
Breitbart ^ | Nov 7, 2008

Posted on 11/09/2008 8:44:12 AM PST by lizol

Polish court reprimands topless sunbathers

Nov 7 02:34 PM US/Eastern

A Polish court Friday reprimanded two Polish women, including a model who has appeared in men's magazines, for indecent exposure after they sunbathed topless, a rarity in the deeply Catholic country.

"Showing nudity goes beyond social customs and norms in Poland," read part of the verdict issued by a court in Szczecin, northwest Poland. "Personal freedom ends where the freedom of another person begins."

"I completely respect the court's verdict, but at the same time I disagree with it and I will certainly appeal it," Dorota Krzysztofek, 28, told Poland's TVN24 news channel. She also said she would be contacting Poland's ombudsman, a civil rights watchdog.

The court also ruled the women would have to pay court fees of 130 zlotys (36 euro, 46 dollars). The verdict is subject to appeal.

"Perhaps men will also have to cover up their torsos on the beach?" Krzysztofek said. "I see nothing indecent about the chests of men or women," she added.

In May, policemen fined Krzystofek and her 26-year-old friend for sunbathing topless on a public beach in Szczecin.

The women went to court after they failed to pay a fine of 150 zlotys (40 euros, 55 dollars).

The case of the two women -- one of whom is a model and has appeared topless in Polish men's magazines -- sparked such massive media interest that a first hearing in September had to be postponed when too many reporters turned up to fit into the court gallery.

The women pleaded not guilty to indecent exposure, arguing there was no explicit ban on going topless at the beach.

They also said fellow sunbathers had not been offended, insisting that many had jumped to their defence.


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KEYWORDS: poland; verynotguilty
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To: lizol

This sad, dark, and rather preposterous world is in desperate need of many, many more ravishingly gorgeous young women such as these sunbathing topless.


21 posted on 11/09/2008 9:01:22 AM PST by Jack Hammer (here)
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To: RedStateRocker

Meant “Just because you’re on a diet doesn’t mean you CAN’T read the menu”.


22 posted on 11/09/2008 9:01:47 AM PST by RedStateRocker (Sarah Palin has run a state, a town, a commercial fishing business. All Obama has run is his mouth)
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To: lizol

LOT is Poland’s largest air carrier. Just sayin’. :-)


23 posted on 11/09/2008 9:02:02 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: Jack Hammer

And, by the way, I’d consider it both an honor and a privilege to pay their fines for them.


24 posted on 11/09/2008 9:02:39 AM PST by Jack Hammer (here)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Haven't we seen these two before?


25 posted on 11/09/2008 9:07:05 AM PST by Daffynition ("A gov't big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.)
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To: joethedrummer

Well the dark-haired one has a really odd face.


26 posted on 11/09/2008 9:07:36 AM PST by Oztrich Boy (I still don't tag sarcasm)
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To: lizol
Google for “Dorota Krzysztofek”, and you may find some evidence ;-)

I did in fact, and discovered some on-point material which did not contain as much direct evidentiary value as one might have liked, but was nonetheless sufficient to support an acquittal on all charges.

27 posted on 11/09/2008 9:07:53 AM PST by andy58-in-nh (Liberty has few friends, many enemies, and no adequate substitute.)
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To: RedStateRocker
“Just because you’re on a diet doesn’t mean you CAN’T read the menu”.

"Just because you didn't order from the menu doesn't mean that management CAN'T collect the cover charge."

28 posted on 11/09/2008 9:09:57 AM PST by Alex Murphy ( "Every country has the government it deserves" - Joseph Marie de Maistre)
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To: vladimir998
Many will complain that these are not the pictures they were hoping for.

Yeah, there isn't enough background detail to show that it's a courtroom. Bad photography,

29 posted on 11/09/2008 9:11:08 AM PST by Oztrich Boy (I still don't tag sarcasm)
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To: lizol

Guilty, punishable by a spanking over the knee.


30 posted on 11/09/2008 9:12:06 AM PST by StandUpChuck
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To: lizol

Your Honor, the jury requires more evidence before it can render a verdict!


31 posted on 11/09/2008 9:13:58 AM PST by DakotaGator
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To: lizol

I was kinda hoping the reprimand included a spanking


32 posted on 11/09/2008 9:14:23 AM PST by Krankor (Are you claiming you eat toucans or)
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To: lizol
A number of years ago I was on vacation at a small resort in Honduras and lying in the sun on the deck of a beachside cabana bar when a German lady took one of the lounge chairs by mine and promptly removed her top...........Sometimes decency laws are a good thing. LOL!

Womens wearing spandex pants in supermarkets should also be on the ban list.......

33 posted on 11/09/2008 9:14:29 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (May socialism end up in the black hole with lost socks......)
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To: lizol

Yeah, that pixellation effect really conceals her identity well. Right.

34 posted on 11/09/2008 9:15:03 AM PST by ctdonath2 (I AM JOE THE PLUMBER!)
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To: Oztrich Boy

She didn’t allow the journalists to show her face, neither agreed to reveal her full name publicly.

Actually - all this MSM mess about this case was caused by the blonde one, who is a model, and obviously wanted to gain some publicity.


35 posted on 11/09/2008 9:15:16 AM PST by lizol
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To: Oztrich Boy
Yeah, there isn't enough background detail to show that it's a courtroom.

Yeah, that's the problem ace.

36 posted on 11/09/2008 9:15:21 AM PST by The Cajun (Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Mark ‘em as Exhibit 36D[?]


37 posted on 11/09/2008 9:19:26 AM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Daffynition

Booth bunnies, G-d love ‘em. The reason computers come with “cup holders.”


38 posted on 11/09/2008 9:28:53 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (We are SO screwed.)
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To: lizol

Now you may present your evidence.


39 posted on 11/09/2008 9:29:29 AM PST by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: lizol

40 posted on 11/09/2008 9:34:00 AM PST by uglybiker (1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d 2 g3t l41d)
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