Should Bathing Suits Be Banned on the Boardwalk?
SodaHead Living
2012/06/28 18:00:00
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The beach, the boardwalk ... they're pretty much the same thing, right? Not in Asbury Park, N.J. Technically, you're not allowed to wear a bathing suit once you step off the beach in the Jersey shore city -- and the chairwoman of the local Republican party wants to enforce that rule, to keep things "classy." Classy on the Jersey shore? (We kid.)
"I understand that social things have changed," said 74-year-old Louise Murray, a city councilwoman from 1997-2001, who's been noticing suits at the boardwalk’s bars and restaurants, The Star-Ledger reports. "But forget that. Just put a shirt on."
The ordinance is believed to be more than 40 years old, and Asbury Park is considered more "high-end" than other Jersey Shore towns. But others are mixed on enforcing the rule.
"How do you satisfy everybody?" Deputy Mayor John Loffredo told The Star-Ledger. "I don’t think it’s appropriate to just wear a bathing suit at a bar. But it’s up to the business. If they allow it, they allow it." He continued, "We don’t have the resources to enforce it. We’re not going to have cops on the boardwalk enforcing that. It’s not going to happen." Do you think bathing suits should be banned on the boardwalk?
The ordinance is believed to be more than 40 years old, and Asbury Park is considered more "high-end" than other Jersey Shore towns. But others are mixed on enforcing the rule.
"How do you satisfy everybody?" Deputy Mayor John Loffredo told The Star-Ledger. "I don’t think it’s appropriate to just wear a bathing suit at a bar. But it’s up to the business. If they allow it, they allow it." He continued, "We don’t have the resources to enforce it. We’re not going to have cops on the boardwalk enforcing that. It’s not going to happen." Do you think bathing suits should be banned on the boardwalk?
Top Opinion
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Melizmatic 2012/06/28 18:24:34
When in an environment where everyone is all natural, one gives no thought to it. It's just normal, not sexual and not judgmental.
And "all natural?"
Have you actually looked around at people lately?
Lastly, that 'nonjudgmental' part is totally hilarious, coming from you.
Thanks for the laugh.
Groovy for you.
If this is something you don't want your children to see, then you should refrain from having children. It is unrealistic for parents to expect the world to help shield their children from whatever they might deem unacceptable.
You don't like the law, lobby to get it changed.
It would be nice to see people present themselves with some style and grace instead fighting to be common as muck because it's comfortable and easy.
The land of the "free" has laws to keep from living in anarchy. If you don't like a law that's been on the books for forty years, lobby to get it changed, living in the land of free allows that. The law probably was enacted to get people to continue to behave liked they did in the 50's and early to mid 60's before every teenager bought into being non-conformists.
You degree rage is actually quite funny. This is an intellectual gumball about a law that isn't and not likely to be ever enforced ever again. All of these opinions, yours included, are moot because they will have zero impact on the three dimensional world.
It's like putting a ban on racing cars at Daytona speedway for the fact cars make too much noise. Makes no sense.
Who wants to bet it is still legal of fat construction guys to wear pants but no shirt? Other than someone that comes in close contact with people, I do not see why clothes are needed to begin with... The longest ongoing issue in this nation are based on outdated ideals and false moralities.