Here we go again.
Over the past week I have listened to a debate on the local ABC radio station Coast FM, I’ve watched the same debate on Sunrise no Ch 7 Sunshine Coast and I am somewhat perplexed at why this is an item to be debated in the first place.
A night club in Noosa has decided that on the slowest night of the week they will have topless barmaids serving. I really do not understand the issue with this. If the sight of naked breasts offends you, don’t go in there on Tuesdays.. But of course if they do offend you, make sure you don’t walk across to the beach during summer you will be horrified!
Is this 1911 or 2011? Like it or not, things change and so do moral values rightly or wrongly. What once was deemed taboo is now just the norm. What is the problem with a business thinking outside the box to ensure it stays viable? The coast has had a horrid time and many businesses are suffering. This business has received the appropriate approvals and the topless staff are not doing it against their will, what is the problem? If those ladies are comfortable in their own bodies and are happy to share it with customers, why not? The business is not direct onto the main street and nothing is visible from outside. Only over 18’s can enter… Again I ask, so what’s the problem.
Older fashion beliefs is what I feel the problem is. How many of you that oppose the thought of a topless bar are comfortable in your own body? Do you admire yourself in the mirror? Or is that taboo too? Do you undress in front of your partner? Confronting questions, but If that’s how you feel, that’s fine, But please don’t push your beliefs on others that are trying to make a living.
Personally I don’t have a need to visit a topless bar, I have no problem with it, but no need to go there. And I have no issue if the local pub here had a topless night.. Same rules apply for my own back yard!
Some of the anti-topless comments have amused me. One person stated that it will cause “Noosa to end up like Fortitude Valley or Kings Cross”.. Whoa, big call there. There was also the statement that it will lead to sexual attacks… If that is the case, would summer time not lead to sexual attacks as well? The beach in summer is covered in topless and near naked bodies, but in public not behind closed doors!
I’d like to hear your comments on this. Whether you agree with me or not, that’s what open debate is all about..
Ohhh and while I’m at it. Whether you are comfortable in your own body or not, take the time to look in the mirror and do a regular breast examination. Breast cancer affects far too many families and if it can be detected in the earlier stages, you have a greater chance of beating it.
Rick
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