Do they make such a thing...This whole artical is just funny..Mom should have told the wow worker to get a clue and butt out..could she even tell if it was a little girl she had on blue shorts did she not

Mr. Tateu, are you a libertarian, perhaps?

Would it be okay with you if we had no laws governing public nudity at all? Do you think that would be okay hygienically, even if we could all learn to look only at faces? Would you be okay sitting in a restaurant booth right after a nude person with a disease of the gastrointestinal tract spread by body fluids, because that person felt you didn't have the right to tell them to put clothes on?

I really don't think we can all create our own standards. We need to have some common standards for community good. Some of us will think they are too strict (you, with shirts on women) and some of us will think they are too loose (me, with shirts on women cut to the navel).

I think the inability to ever compromise with others is scary. MGM

Mrs. Martin's thoghts om modesty and what is decent is offensive to others. The "blue hair" remark was in fact relevent. In case you all missed it, the article was about some other prude telling a mother to put a shirt on a baby for decencies sake.

I have never understood why women are expected to wear shirts swimming and at the beach in this country. It is in fact unconstitutional. If people were attracted to calves would we all have to wear knee high socks?

None of you seem to have any problem w/ posters like myself except we do not agree w/ you. You place your opinion above others and and only value your own opinion. I have in fact been persuaded by opposing opinions on these boards. Jsut no people who would tell others what to wear or banning dogs and smoking from an outdoor venue.

This is a public forum. Back years ago, people were "more of one mind" than they are today. We have to respect each other's opinions and at times these opinions run the gamit of strange to outrageous, calm to outrage. If someone disagrees with you, don't take it personal. Just recognize that other people have strong opinions too, and go on. Chances they are not going to change your opinion nor will you change theirs.

Thanks for your kind comments, Kate.

Not sure what happened to Ira's comment. Did someone flag it?

I see he has been bitter towards others, too, so I won't take it personally. Cheers, Mary Martin (I am in a couple of world-wide forums so I am used to the occasional on-line dust-up, but I also have noted that most clashes involved people who felt strongly about two opposing views, not people who seemed to have joined a forum just to make fun of the other people on it)

I am very sorry to hear you are dealing with breast cancer. I hope you have a speedy recovery. By the way, I am a regular on these blogs and I love the opportunity it affords me to learn new things, think about other viewpoints and meet some really interesting people. I should warn you though that you need to develop a thick skin. Folks are much more outspoken and less tolerant when sitting behind a computer screen. Civility often goes out the window. In the end though, there is much more positive than negative...I'm still pounding the keyboard. Hang in there. I think it will help you during this challenging time.

Peace,
Kate

While I have been at home, starting treatments for breast cancer, I have ventured onto this forum several times in the past week. What surprises me is the critical personal comments directed at people who express their opinion. I am all about hearing your opinions. I am just rather surprised that the opinion of one of you (Ira) is merely to make fun of my opinion. Be at peace, Mary Martin

If we keep allowing those peaceful followers of Islam to move here and build Mosques, like France and Britan do, our female children will soon be wearing burkas.

What a totally weird thing for a worker to do. How brazen to ask a mother to cover a little one year olds chest! Sure, as Mary Martin says, we must be protective of our children, especially from child predators but this clearly is over the top. A one year old baby? Are we going crazy? Mary is right about the skin cancer concern though. Other than that, this is about as stupid as my sister getting asked to leave a hotel for demurely breastfeeding her son as a fellow patron sat puffing cigarette smoke in everyone's face. Now which one do you folks think created the biggest hazard?

This letter reminds me of a quote I have heard: "Why, when we are aware that adult sexual predators exist, do we allow our children to dress like prey?" It is our job to protect them, so dressing them in a way that they don't stand out would be a common sense approach.
Frankly, I would not allow a child of either gender to play in a public place with shirt off, even a waterpark. The predators are not even my first concern; the skin cancer is.
I, for one, am way tired of going to buy outfits for girls from babyhood to age 12 and finding them to be miniature copies of miniskirts with plunging necklines. I don't stand in the way of an adult who chooses to dress that way but I do wish that some of the clothing lines would sell things that promote modesty to our children, both to teach them the virtue (again, if they choose otherwise as an adult, that is their decision) and to protect them from adults with nefarious motivations. Cheers, Mary G. Martin