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Nude sunbathing, g-strings banned on Paris beach
Reuters ^
| 07/29/2006
| Reuters
Posted on 07/29/2006 5:01:00 AM PDT by Feldkurat_Katz
PARIS (Reuters) - Parisian sunbathers will no longer be allowed to go nude or wear g-strings on the capital's artificial beaches and risk a fine if they are caught baring their breasts or buttocks.
City hall has issued a decree banning indecent clothing to preserve the tranquillity of the sandy beaches created on the banks of the River Seine every summer since 2001.
"People must behave according to good standards to maintain tranquillity, security and public order," the decree said, according to Saturday's edition of Le Parisien. "Notably indecent attire (nude sunbathing, g-strings and toplessness etc) is forbidden."
The city police will be enforcing the rules, and anyone caught baring too much flesh risks a 38 euro (26 pounds) fine.
Defending the decree, city hall sports official Pascal Cherki told Le Parisien that indecent clothing "could have led to temptations and dangerous behaviour on the banks of the river."
Topless sunbathing and g-strings are common on real beaches around France in the summer.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cityhall; france; moralabsolutes; paris
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To: Feldkurat_Katz
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:02:21 AM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: Feldkurat_Katz
So the Islamization of France continues
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:03:05 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Fire Murtha Now! Spread the word. Support Diana Irey. http://www.irey.com/)
To: Feldkurat_Katz
Europeans are not that inhibited about sexuality. And the French will just ignore the latest official decree.
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:03:08 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: ChadGore
Give it a few minutes..... Saturday Morning.... You know how it goes with some of these posters..
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:03:44 AM PDT
by
rambo316
(Social engineering does not work and never will.)
To: Feldkurat_Katz
Something else the French Muslims will have to burn cars over.
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:04:13 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: A. Pole
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:04:37 AM PDT
by
Feldkurat_Katz
(What no women’s magazine ever offers to improve is women’s minds - Taki)
To: MNJohnnie
So the Islamization of France continues
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:04:50 AM PDT
by
pageonetoo
(You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: goldstategop
If there is one thing the French have on their side it is intransigence,
They will not obey this and no-one will enforce it.
Having said that I appreciate a degree of modesty, but that's a view I do not expect others to feel the same.
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:06:34 AM PDT
by
vimto
(Blighty Awaken!)
To: goldstategop; A. Pole
Europeans are not that inhibited about sexuality Hey, it works for them. Frankly, the American norm where two-year-old girls are forced to wear bras is silly and almost Islamic.
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:11:45 AM PDT
by
Feldkurat_Katz
(What no women’s magazine ever offers to improve is women’s minds - Taki)
To: ChadGore
To: MNJohnnie
So the Islamization of France continues My thoughts exactly. I was just thinking that it was pressure from the muslimes, because the french didn't have any problem allowing it in the first place and people never seem to go back to being more conservative once they're crossed the line. I wonder how long it's going to be before they require all women to be covered and wear headscarves?
My daughter lifeguards at the local Y and said a muslime family came in. The men swam and the women sat there covered head to toe and talked on the side while the men enjoyed themselves. She couldn't believe it, especially considering how hot it is in those pool areas. God help us.
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:14:40 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Feldkurat_Katz
indecent clothing "could have led to temptations and dangerous behaviour on the banks of the river." Nature abhors the vacuum. As decadent populations sink into the oblivion other peoples are replacing them.
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:15:07 AM PDT
by
A. Pole
("Gay marriage" - Karl Rove's conspiracy to defeat Democrats?)
To: Republicain

Ewwww frech . . yuck . . I take it back
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:16:00 AM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: Feldkurat_Katz
Frankly, the American norm where two-year-old girls are forced to wear bras is silly and almost Islamic. Where in the US is that? I've NEVER seen it.
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:16:38 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Feldkurat_Katz
Ya know, if our decadent lifestyle bothers them so much, WHY DO THEY GO THERE?
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:18:13 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: MNJohnnie
So the Islamization of France continuesOh, I don't know. I haven't been on a European beach in a number of years, but the last time I was there were a lot of very scantily clad eyesores...
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:19:15 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Feldkurat_Katz
What do they call it, Muzzyland? 'Ain al-Parisi?
No surfing, no skinny-dipping...last one out, please turn off the wind machine. :(
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:20:20 AM PDT
by
Graymatter
("Put only Americans on guard tonight." -- George Washington)
To: mewzilla
Oh yeah I agree with that Mew my point is that never stopped the French before so what has changed?
Well this statement seems to indicate what has changed.
"People must behave according to good standards to maintain tranquillity, security and public order"
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posted on
07/29/2006 5:20:54 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Fire Murtha Now! Spread the word. Support Diana Irey. http://www.irey.com/)
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