Germany has long since been renowned for its extraordinarily well-organised
nudist movement. Now, heaping absurdity upon absurdity, there is
a
growing rift in the movement's ranks between traditionalists, who want
nudity enforced, and liberals who want it to be possible for nudists to wear
clothes and still be considered nudists: (The Times)
[T]here is something more ridiculous than well-disciplined nudity - the
topsy-turvy idea that nudists should be given the right to wear clothes and
remain nudists. This paradox, worthy of G. K. Chesterton, is splitting the
ranks of Europe's largest nudist movement, which is already divided between
western and eastern German factions.
[Y]oung people, especially adolescents, are increasingly reluctant to walk
about naked. They want to conceal a little - and if they are not given these
concessions, they will boycott the family nudist holiday. The result is that
official membership has slumped to below 65,000, most of them elderly people.