The T-Shirt solution...

[Don Kaag <dkaag@turbonet.com>]

Visionaries:

Wait, wait... The French have found the solution to our topless 
conundrum!

The Council can print up 500 "City of Moscow Topless 'T'" shirts and 
issue them to the local constables so they can hand them out at car 
washes, parties, wedding receptions, Council meetings...wherever.  So in 
addition to having a City Council who truly care about the possibility 
of young adult females risking later-life skin cancer by presenting 
their naked skin to the sun and freaking out the countryfolk, they can 
advertise city events and/or print a copy of the ordnance on the front!  
Plus the ladies will have scored a free T-shirt.

Wow---a no-fault solution.  And note that in France, at least,  it seems 
to be mostly males who are the problem.  So no one could accuse the 
Council of gender discrimination.

Cover Up or Pay Up, Resort Tells Tourists

PARIS (Reuters) - Sun worshippers in the up-market French Mediterranean 
resort of La Grande-Motte are being told to cover up when they step off 
the beach, or else face a fine.

Under pressure from local shopkeepers who believe the sight of 
semi-naked -- mainly male -- bodies into their stores may upset the 
genteel retirees who favor the town, the mayor's office has issued local 
police with 500 T-shirts to hand out to men and women wearing only 
swimwear.

People may be handed a T-shirt the first time they are caught parading 
their flesh through the town, but a second violation results in a fine 
of up to 38 euros (dollars). "We've got far fewer people who walk around 
unclothed now," said Jean-Michel Weiss, deputy police chief in La 
Grande-Motte, located between Montpellier and the picturesque Camargue 
region. "People have understood the message."

There have been no fines since the campaign began on July 13, and only 
60 warnings given.

Regards,

Don Kaag