Brickbat: Back to the Beach

The mayor of Lipari, Italy, has banned people from wearing swimsuits in the center of town. Those caught violating the law face a 500 euro fine.

Comments

[Frank_Carbonni]

Someone should fuck with them by just showing up naked.

"Hey, I was planning on wearing a bikini, but..."

[Robert]

That was seriously how I understood the story at 1st from the summary here, that it was mandating nudity. I have this penchant for misunderstanding these things.

[Pope Jimbo]

What is that on the sign? Graffiti? Or is it a lame attempt to draw the strings on the sides of the bikini bottom?

Of course, being in Italy it could be pubes poking out the bottom.

[sticks]

Ask Fran?

[Fist of Etiquette]

The one ban I support is on banana hammocks.

[Swiss Servator - past LTC(ret)]

Why do you hate overweight, 50 something Germans?

[Fist of Etiquette]

I'll allow them in a diving competition or possibly grandfathered in at a swim meet, if they haven't switched to technical suits yet.

[Rich]

"Per favore, Signora, remove your blouse and skirt. Hmm, si -- Bikini!"

[C. S. P. Schofield]

The article doesn't make it clear whether the Mayor is going Bloomberg in response to a few isolated complaints, or if he is responding to widespread discontent from his constituents. The former is all too common, but I wouldn't have anywhere near the same reaction to the latter. People should be able to , broadly, decide what is appropriate public behavior in their own town.

Of course it would be more in line with my principles if they enforced that with a widespread "People in swimsuits will be ignored" campaign, but Europeans frequently don't think that way. Also, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that there is some Euro-bureauweeie rule against sic h a grassroots shaming campaign.

[Bean Counter]

I'm guessing a couple of nuns and some ugly fat girls who are tired of their boyfriends ogling the hotties.

[HazelMeade]

It's a nude beach, then, I take it?

[Bean Counter]

The proper response would be for a dark skinned woman with big boobs to wear a see-through white mesh 1 piece suit to the mayor's office, parading through the center of town on the way. Definitely not a bikini!!

[Bean Counter]

Imposing a dress code on a south Italian coast tourist trap.....what could possibly go wrong? Not to mention: 500 Euros???? That's like $600 or $700 in real fake money!

[Finrod]

You'd think they didn't want tourists or their money.

[Finrod]

Joke's on them, I added a line to the wikipedia page for Lipari. Their foolishness is now documented for all to see.

[Live Free or Diet]

And it involves taking off her bikini?