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| What are your thoughts on nude swimming? |
| It should be allowed at all beaches |
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| It shouldn't be allowed at all beaches, but there should be more places where it's acceptable |
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| The current state of affairs is fine |
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| It shouldn't be allowed on any public beach |
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David 
I dare you to try
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We went nude swimming at Black Rock with some couchsurfers a few years ago (except I think it was the main area, not the secluded section). Might have to give that area a wide berth for the foreseeable future!
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don't think id complain about a few people to cops, but my kids are older now, but yes if they started carrying on sexually, id ring 000! thats just not on. what ever sexuality they are
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David
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Which is what I was arguing for from the beginning of this thread. Indecent sexual behaviour is just as inappropriate on a clothing-optional beach as it is on a regular one.
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Mugwump
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^ Given your views, David, why ? Consenting sexual behavior doesn't actually hurt anyone ...? 
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David
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Lola said the same thing when I asked her (and you all think I'm the radical one!). 
In theory, perhaps in a more liberated society we could have sex in public like bonobos. But that is a fundamentally different (and much more radical) proposal than the one I'm making.
For whatever reason, it's generally thought to be psychologically harmful for young children to witness sexual activity. This is why we have a film classification system, and why you can't put pornography on the plasma screens at Big W. In contrast, most developmental psychologists agree that it is beneficial (and certainly harmless) for children to be exposed to non-sexualised nudity. At the end of the day, we're talking about two completely issues, and allowing public sex is a much bigger bridge to cross than allowing people to swim au naturel at the beach.
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| David wrote: | You may be alarmed to know that I've recently discovered a passion for nude swimming. Like most people, I was initially excited by the idea of doing something a bit weird and transgressive; as it turns out, it just feels so much nicer and more natural than swimming in a pair of board shorts. When I did it for the first time, I found myself wondering why everybody didn't do it.
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I swim with the snake when ever I can!
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swoop42 
Whatcha gonna do when he comes for you?
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| David wrote: | Lola said the same thing when I asked her (and you all think I'm the radical one!).
In theory, perhaps in a more liberated society we could have sex in public like bonobos. But that is a fundamentally different (and much more radical) proposal than the one I'm making.
For whatever reason, it's generally thought to be psychologically harmful for young children to witness sexual activity. This is why we have a film classification system, and why you can't put pornography on the plasma screens at Big W. In contrast, most developmental psychologists agree that it is beneficial (and certainly harmless) for children to be exposed to non-sexualised nudity. At the end of the day, we're talking about two completely issues, and allowing public sex is a much bigger bridge to cross than allowing people to swim au naturel at the beach. |
Have you seen the scrotum?
Ghastly.
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stui magpie 
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Been traumatised by an inadvertent tea bagging have we?
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David
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50% of the population have one. I think we can cope!
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stui magpie
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Mugwump
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| David wrote: | Lola said the same thing when I asked her (and you all think I'm the radical one!).
In theory, perhaps in a more liberated society we could have sex in public like bonobos. But that is a fundamentally different (and much more radical) proposal than the one I'm making.
For whatever reason, it's generally thought to be psychologically harmful for young children to witness sexual activity. This is why we have a film classification system, and why you can't put pornography on the plasma screens at Big W. In contrast, most developmental psychologists agree that it is beneficial (and certainly harmless) for children to be exposed to non-sexualised nudity. At the end of the day, we're talking about two completely issues, and allowing public sex is a much bigger bridge to cross than allowing people to swim au naturel at the beach. |
Yes, it is true. I was just tweaking your transgressive impulse. Sex can exploitative, and non-sexualised nudity probably ain't.
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HAL
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| A fundamentally different and much more radical proposal than the one he or she'm making is a terrible thing to waste. |
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David
I dare you to try
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Lol. Tweak away. 
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stui magpie
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That's what she said, Pier.
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Oops I read twerk, just a horrible pic, sorry David!
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