Vermont Town (Brattleboro) faces a naked truth

[T_i_B]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1865002,00.html

Brattleboro, Vermont, is a laid-back sort of town, chiefly known hitherto for its apples and maple syrup, but the limits of its liberal good nature are being tested by the local youth and their collective decision to go naked.

A group of teenagers and twentysomethings have been spending the summer days taking their clothes off and loitering nude in a car park in the heart of the town of 12,000 nestled among rolling hills.

The phenomenon seems to have started as a whim in mid-August, provoking one resident, Theresa Toney, to take action. "I'm against it. I'm offended," Ms Toney told the Brattleboro Reformer. "I go downtown to do business and I don't want this shoved down my throat. We have rights too."

The state of Vermont has nothing to say on the issue of nudity, leaving individual municipalities to decide. But Ms Toney decided the time had come for an anti-nudity bylaw.

[orwell]

1. Ms. Toney is correct...

...she has a right to walk down a public street without being "exposed" to a group of nudists. Personal liberty is not license do do whatever you want without taking into account the liberty of others.

[zanne]

3. They'll have to remove the churches, too.

I want my liberty taken into account, too. Naked teenagers don't bother me, but religion does. (Y'see, it goes both ways, orwell).

[winter999]

6. As long as the majority agree with you. Mob rules.

[Eurobabe]

7. Oh my GOD, and they were nude??

America needs to get a fucking life.

Now I know why I moved to Europe.

[T_i_B]

9. Well, try strolling down the street starkers where you are

and see if you don't get in trouble.

Even if I don't have a problem with nudism, it's hardly an outrage when people do. Maybe a nice little nudist camp would be in order here? If the article is to be belived then there is apparently demand for one.

[Drum]

2. What, no pictures???

:)

[T_i_B]

4. No, but there's always this song!

http://www.raystevens.com/SongLyrics/StreakLyrics.html

The Streak

Hello everybody, this is your action news reporter
With all the news that is news across the nation
On the scene at the super market
There seems to have been some disturbance here
Pardon me sir, did you see what happened?
Yeh, I did...I was standing over there by the tomatoes
And here he come
Running thru the pole beans, thru the fruits and vegetables
Naked as a jay-bird
And I hollered over at Ethel...Isaid don't look Ethel
It was too late, she'd already been incensed...

Chorus

Here he comes, boogie-dy, boogie-dy
There he goes, boogie-dy, boogie-dy
And he ain't wearin' no clothes
Oh yes, they call him the streak
Fastest thing on two feet
He's just as proud as he can be
Of his anatomy
He's gonna give us a peek
Oh yes, they call him the streak
He likes to show off his physique
If there's an audience to be found
He'll be streakin' around
Invitin' public critique...


This is your action news reporter once again
And we're here at the gas station
Pardon me sir, did you see what happened?
Yeh, I did...I was just in here gettin' my tires checked
And he just appeared out of the traffic
Come streakin' around the grease rack there
Didn't have nothing on but a smile
I looked in there and Ethel was gettin' her a cold drink
I hollered...Don't look Ethel
It was too late...She'd already been mooned
Flashed her right there in front of the shock absorbers


Chorus

He ain't rude, boogie-dy, boogie-dy
He ain't lewd, boogie-dy, boogie-dy
He's just in the mood to run in the nude

Oh yes, they call him the streak
He likes to turn the other cheek
He's always making the news
Wearin' just his tennis shoes
Guess you could call him unique...


Once again, your action news reporter in the booth at the gym
Covering the disturbance at the basketball playoffs
Pardon me sir, did you see what happened?
Yeh, I did...half-time, I was just going down there
To get Ethel a snow cone
Here he come right our of the cheap seats
Dribblin'...right down the middle of the court
Didn't have on nothin' but his PF's
Made a hook shot and got out thru the concession stand
I hollered up at Ethel, I said don't look Ethel
It was too late...She'd already got a free shot
Grandstanded...Right there in front of the home team


Here he comes...look...who's that with him?
Ethel, is that you, Ethel?
What do you think you're doing?
You get your clothes on!


Ethel, where you going?
Ethel, you shameless hussy
Say it isn't so Ethel
Ethel..................

[Drum]

5. Aahhh, Ray!

:)
Those were some good ole good days....

[sharp_stick]

8. Ahh, I love Brattleboro

A bastion of fun and laidback living in a country filled with zealots. I wish I could get there more often.

[xxqqqzme]

10. well, it has been unually hot this year.

I doubt there will be many 'full monties' in December.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. It could be far, far worse

It could be old people doing it.