Nudist: Please cover up the seat at least

[demosincebirth]

Here's the naked truth: San Francisco will once again be the butt of national ridicule -- or a beacon of freedom of expression -- depending on your point of view. The latest issue? Public nudity.

Supervisor Scott Wiener introduced legislation today that would require nudists to cover their seat if they take a seat in public and to cover up when they're in a restaurant.

The issue, he said, isn't a moral one about the appropriateness or inappropriateness of public nudity - "That's a different debate for a different day," he said.

"What this does do," he added, "is require that people show some basic courtesy and decency toward their fellow citizens when they are naked."

Wiener represents the Castro, a favorite gathering spot for a hard-core group of nudists who hang out in the plaza near Market and Castro streets and aren't shy about walking around the neighborhood. They are unabashed in their brazenness, setting off a robust debate.

City officials have, for the most part, kept hands off the naked guys, not wanting to offend those who embrace an anything-goes culture of tolerance that has made San Francisco famous. Some nearby business owners and residents, including parents with young kids, have said enough is enough, and have called on officials to crack down on the nudists.

Wiener's proposal would make it illegal for nudists to sit on public seating without placing a towel or similar barrier between their body and the seat, or to go into restaurants au natural.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/06/BAVK1L0TD9.DTL#ixzz1XDe9pbA1

[rug]

1. Who needs skid marks on a bus seat?

[liberal N proud]

2. eww!

[mysuzuki2]

3. when discussing public nudity -

the opinion of a guy named Wiener should be taken very seriousy indeed.

[demosincebirth]

4. hey, he didn't pick his last name, for sure.

[hedgehog]

5. Stores and restaurants around here post "No shirt, no shoes, no service".

I would imagine stores and restaurants in San Francisco could do the same?





:shrug:

[demosincebirth]

7. Do you know what a squabble that would cause here? Every sensible solution

is a problem, here.

[mysuzuki2]

12. that might not be sufficient in SF.

they should add "no pants, no service"

[RC]

6. Just guys? Where's da women in all this?

[cwydro]

8. Lol, most likely the women have better sense...

That being said...I have no idea and know nothing about the nudists.

[shanti]

9. i had no idea

that it was legal to walk around SF in the nude :wow:

[madinmaryland]

10. "Wiener" introduced legislation. Interesting.

[Poll_Blind]

11. At all the nudist camps I've been to, sitting on a towel when indoors was basically mandatory.

Not like it needed enforcing, everyone usually walked around with a towel over their shoulder anyway. There were some communal areas in the bigger camps and everyone brought their towels. Again, it was no big deal.

We were all really hoopy froods.

PB

[mysuzuki2]

13. I'm afraid that if I went to a nudist camp

they would ask me to put my clothes back on.