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From: kent@decwrl.UUCP (Chris Kent)
Newsgroups: net.rec.nude
Subject: Re: OK, then, out of the closet...
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Date: Sun, 31-Jul-83 19:09:29 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 31 19:09:29 1983
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I'll do my part by contributing a little, too...

I think I was one of the (possibly many) vocal advocates of forming
this newsgroup. But I haven't contributed anything since.

I have never fully understood the hangups that people in this country
show about nudity. Perhaps I am fortunate in that I had European
parents, so that while I was born and raised in the United States, I
had what seems to have been a fairly worldly upbringing, which among
other things, involved a fair amount of nudity at home as the natural
order of things.As a result, I am not ashamed of myself or my physique
(even though I know it needs improvement). But I can't "expose myself"
as much as I'd like, because I always have to be worried about
embarassing OTHER PEOPLE. It bothers me not one whit for someone to see
me nude, basically in whatever situation it might be. I don't need to
go to a beach that's specially designated as a place to take your
clothes off to enjoy myself in the buff. But the concern for other people's
(lack of) comfort leads me to be conservative in my dress.

It just feels more natural. For the most part, I begrudge the time I
have to spend in clothes. They are bothersome, itchy, binding, and
generally uncomfortable. Oh, they're necessary when it's cold, and it's
enjoyable to get dressed up and go out for the evening once in a while,
but for the most part, it just seems a bit senseless.

I guess it just goes along with the Protestant/Puritan roots of the country,
the work ethic, and all the rest of that. It's too bad.

Face it, tan lines are the pits!

Chris Kent
pur-ee!purdue!cak