Nudist beach raided!

Whenever I do my morning news read I'm not quite sure whether to laugh or cry at the news stories that make it to the front pages. The following scandal is, at the time of writing, listed as the fourth story on http://www.smh.com.au/: "Popular Sydney nudist beach raided!"

Dramatic! You can view the story here but let me summarise:

A concerned group of citizens called the police to investigate (and get rid of) 80 nudists who were conglomerating at Little Congwong Beach. An area that isn't legally a nudist beach (but with a name like that you can see how the mistake could be made).

It seems that the S.W.A.T. team mustn't have been available to conduct the "raid", so instead a couple of police and National Parks and Wildlife officers strolled onto the beach and told the crowd of 80 nude people that they should put their clothes on and leave. Apparently this was enough to subdue the nudist terrorists and they left without protest.

If only all raids went that well (and if only that same tactic worked on the micro-mini-clad teenagers who run rampant through the city).

Perhaps the funniest part of the story (some might even say ironic) is that the righteous citizens looking out for the moral code of the country -- and ensuring that all citizens are aptly dressed -- live on Bare Island.