German nudists outraged at new rules ordering them to wear swimwear as refugee shelter arrives ...

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German nudists outraged at new rules ordering them to wear swimwear as refugee shelter arrives on lake

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/german-nudists-outraged-at-new-rules-ordering-them-to-wear-swimwear-as-refugee-shelter-arrives-on-a7096001.html

Lizzie Dearden (Twitter: @lizziedearden) Wednesday 22 June 2016

A group of German nudists are up in arms after being ordered to cover up in preparation for the arrival of a new refugee shelter bordering the lake where they swim.

Members of the Familiensport und FKK Bund Waldteichfreunde Moritzburg club have been swimming naked at a secluded campsite north of Dresden for more than 100 years but have now been told to wear bathing suits.

Accommodation to house 112 asylum seekers is being built on the opposite shore of the lake, where notices have been sent with rules written in German, Albanian, Arabic and Farsi.

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Officials said a privacy screen may be constructed to shield the lake from view and that new arrivals would be taught about FKK culture, Junge Freiheit reported.

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[tritsofme]

1. Sorry folks, living in the West means you might see some stray old man dick at certain beaches

And some other out there sagging from time to time. It's the price we all pay for freedom.

We ought to be helping migrants embrace the rich diversity of their new home, not try to recreate the hell holes they are escaping.

[EllieBC]

6. We have a well known nude beach here in Vancouver.

Lots of stray old man dick.

No one seems that bothered by it here.

[linuxman]

2. Maybe they should have fled to a fundamentalist Islamic state

If they wanted to live free from Western standards and freedoms.

Why move somewhere that doesn't fit your sensibilities, then complain when people go about their lives?

[scscholar]

3. True, but I see their point as we have in Seattle.

Nudity is legal here, but the definition of nude versus lewd changes over time and location depending on facts.

[linuxman]

4. Then it may be best to play it safe and just go somewhere

That clothing isn't optional. Problem solved, problem staying solved.

[EL34x4]

8. Why should they do this?

When they can instead move to nice, wealthy, European nation that is more than willing to force upon its own people the cultural and financial sacrifices necessary to ensure their comfort?

[Crepuscular]

5. ...

Fuck the fundies of all persuasions. If they don't like the culture of the country they are fleeing to, feel free to go home.

[bdwker]

7. Of course Western culture should always bow to fundy cultures.

We shouldn't make them uncomfortable.

Something about Coexist .


<< end of sarcasm>>

[EL34x4]

13. Where's the sarcasm?

This is exactly what many Western cultures are doing when the fundy culture at issue is Islam.

[Yo_Mama]

9. The real problem with this is that it's STUPID.

The refugees will either be shocked or not, but bikinis and western swimwear doesn't fit with standard Islamic clothing restrictions EITHER.

It's an attempt to be sensitive that just fails in a big way.

[Yo_Mama]

10. This may be a distortion - excerpt from the article

The German Swimming Society said the row was the result of a mix-up where the local council sent out a standard set of rules intended for public swimming pools, the Telegraph reported.

Heck, Germans swim naked on their lunch hour in public parks. I don't think this is going to fly, and I doubt it was ever intended to change the clothing code.

[Yo_Mama]

11. This is total BS - found more articles in German

No one's trying to make the nudists wear bathing suits.

http://www.freiepresse.de/NACHRICHTEN/SACHSEN/Fluechtlinge-am-FKK-Strand-artikel9555882.php

https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freiepresse.de%2FNACHRICHTEN%2FSACHSEN%2FFluechtlinge-am-FKK-Strand-artikel9555882.php&edit-text=

[EllieBC]

12. Glad to hear that!!!

Eom

[hunter]

14. Many parts of the U.S.A. have a similar aversion to nudity.

They'll beat up a naked man and put him on a sex offender list, they'll rape a woman or post pictures of her on the internet and call her vile names.

All flavors of Religious Fundamentalism are nasty.

So is propaganda.