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French Police To Fine Shirtless Tourists

Posted by samzenpus on from the nobody-wants-to-see-that dept.

The locals of such seaside French towns as Cannes and St. Tropez are sick of looking at the pasty white skin and hairy chests or tourists who invade their towns every year. If you walk around shirtless you now face a $48 fine. From the article: "The tough laws came into force after locals were shocked by a group of British rugby fans who took off their shirts while watching a match. 'We're not saying there has been a general moral decline, but some people have complained,' Perpignan security chief Pierre Parrat said."

3 comments

  1. Does this apply to women too? by Haedrian · · Score: 1

    Had to be asked

  2. Troubling by jte · · Score: 1

    ...and a woman sunbathing topless in Italy was questioned by police last week after a mother complained that the way she was applying suntan lotion was "troubling" her two young sons.

    Yes - very troubling...

  3. Yes, it applies to women to, even bikini tops by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They figure, the beach is the beach, the town is not the beach, so wear clothes.

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jUskuS9diZ7WPUWRtu8ZMUYr0DrQ

    http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jUskuS9diZ7WPUWRtu8ZMUYr0DrQ&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhiAPcrVSzFiWgWvUsg2ltb-xziXNA