Civil War in France: "Fundamentalist" Nudists Firebombing Swingers' Clubs

No, really.

Really?

Really.

The normally peaceful Cap d’Agde, a magnet for nudists in the south of France, has been plunged into anxiety. Investigators suspect “fundamentalist” naturists of harbouring a grudge against the échangistes, or swingers, who are drawn to the town by the promise of sex.

A so-called boîte échangiste, or wife-swapping club, called Glamour, where couples engage in group sex, was the first to be razed, in April. The next day the Palme Ré, another orgy venue, went up in flames. In September the Tantra club and Zen, its neighbouring bar, were destroyed in blazes.

Nobody was hurt but the fires have shocked a community whose crime rate has been dominated until now by cases of exhibitionism. Recently, police had to intervene as a man whipped his wife on the balcony of an apartment for the gratification of spectators in the courtyard below. “Generally we let them get on with it,” said a spokesman for the local gendarmerie. “But when there are complaints about improper behaviour, we have to act.”

Tensions have arisen between the naturists, who believe that nudity is a healthy choice of lifestyle and nothing to do with sex, and the échangistes, who are attracted to nudist camps by the prospect of multiple partners.

“What goes on in certain places is not naturism,” said Guy Delfour, former head of the French federation of naturism. “Nudity is just one element of naturism. There are other values to recognise, such as the protection of nature.”

This latest violence underscored a long-standing tension between nudists, who believe nudity should be confined to 75 year old hippies with scraggly drooping old-man balls, and wife-swappers, who insist on the right of one hundred twenty pound men to swap their two-hundred-forty pound wives for other swinging women in the two-bill range.

I may have added the last paragraph, but if HBO's Real Sex is any guide, it's true.

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We Need a Hero! Such as (moderate content warning) Naked Testicle Spiderman.

He'll save the city. He always does.

posted by Ace at 01:24 PM

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