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Eirikur said:
> This incident is an interesting microcosm of how society and law develop.
> The women of this town are attempting to regulate competition.  The social 
> standards mechanisms (I expect that shame has already been tried) have 
> failed, so legal is next. 

The point could also be to hassle the sunbather for reasons not given in
the story.  The sunbather has probably pissed off the complainers in other
ways, too.

Law and society are wholeheartedly trivial.  Big fuzzy concepts like
"sluts vs. moms" are convenient vehicles for petty disputes as often as
not.

- Lucas



