jake's mom

8.01.2006

Going Camping?

I just discovered that a writer for the NY Times just used an interesting choice of words in a recent article on sunbathing in Paris.


Paris is proud of its spirit of exhibitionism, so the front-page newspaper headline last weekend that the city’s man-made beach was enforcing a ban on thongs and bare breasts came as a bit of a shock.
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The biggest security problem, said one private security agent, is “perverts and voyeurs,” who are turned over to the National Police. In most cases, indecent exposure can be resolved with a warning, and no one has been fined for scanty attire.
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This year, as in other years, the city trucked in 2,000 tons of sand and dozens of palm trees and transformed a two-mile stretch of the Seine into a beach. For the first time this year, the beach has expanded to the left bank of the river.
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Certainly, City Hall has dealt with bigger Paris-Plages-related problems this summer.

A small number of homeless people have pitched tents on the banks of the Seine close to the beach.

I have a feeling that these homeless weren't the only ones pitching tents near the beach.

"To stop women from wearing thongs, it’s just so outrageous," said Rafael Santos, a tanned and well-oiled Brazilian property manager whose tiny Speedo revealed part of his buttocks.
posted by brian at 4:04 PM | Permalink

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