Loss of Privacy

Conservative MP Fred Nile wants a ban on going topless at all Australian beaches so as to not offend any Muslims or Asians.

“Our beaches should be a place where no one is offended, whether it’s their religious or cultural views,” he said.

“I don’t want to have any provocations or disturbances on our public beaches,” he said.

If you plan on not offending anyone, then you’d better just close the beaches now and force everyone to stay home.  Everything anyone does at the beach could possibly offend someone else, so it’s just safer to close them than offend anyone.

“Once being topless is accepted as lawful the next question will be why can’t women go totally nude on a public beach and I don’t think Australians want to go down that pathway.”

Yes, because every other country in the world has gone crazy and has nude beaches all over the place.  Except they don’t.  There are designated nude beaches in other countries.  Mr. Nile is just going overboard on the PC bus.

Waverley Council Mayor Sally Betts says she is aghast at moves by state politicians to outlaw women from sunbathing topless on NSW beaches.

“We’ve got alcohol-related violence, we’ve got under-age drinking and anti-social behaviour in the public domain – those are really important issues,” Ms Betts told Fairfax Radio Network.

Indeed!  A few breasts are not going to hurt anyone, but other, more violent behavior is something that should be considered first.  Here’s an idea.  If you don’t want to see women topless, don’t go to topless beaches.  The fact that a fundamentalist Christian pastor is raising the issue and not Muslims or Asians should explain it all.