The planet, a Havenworld, was quite warm, and beautiful. The humans that found it, and created a colony, had only one rule that seemed very abnormal. Except for underwear, and safety equipment when needed, the wearing of clothing was very much optional. Needless to say, this tended to shock Galactics any time they visited. -- Anon Guest
[AN: I'm sure I did a prompt like this sometime in the past, but I'm blowed if I know where it is.]
Welcome to Pakao, your clothing is your choice. The weather is always lovely. The rains are always warm. And there happen to be some areas where wandering around nude is acceptable. Those are plainly labled for those with offensensitivity[1].
It's full of Humans, but nowhere is completely perfect.
And, surprisingly, people often go there to complain about it existing. It's okay, we all know they're Dereggers. They seem greatly offended by the word 'choice'.
The first volley was a group Dereggers in full suits and formal dresses. They ventured past all the signs to the nearest golden beach and loudly proclaimed, "NOBODY is going to force us to go naked!"
The only person who paid them any heed was someone walking their dog. What they wore covered only the barest of essentials. All they said about it was, "Okay."
They were there for hours and nothing else happened.
The next attempt went full missionary zeal. With groups singing about lonesome valleys and the wages of sin. Or one person with a loudspeaker attempting to convert the masses to more sanctified behavior. There were pamphlets. There were tracts left in places where just anyone could find them.
They were charged with littering.
Then, in a move of "great sacrifice", they attempted to give out muumuus for free. This was practically an abomination for Dereggers everywhere, but it was to bring these "naked heathens" closer to their version of god, so it was barely allowable.
Nobody wanted them.
One of the Deregger conversionists snapped, and attempted to snag a native Pakaoan with a muumuu. Much like someone might try to snare an animal with a net.
They were charged with assault, and that's what started the diplomatic incident between the worlds.
Welcome to Pakao. You can wear what you like. You have that right. What you don't have is the right to decide what everyone else should wear.
It's all about individual choice to do as you whist with your body.
Dereggers hate that.
[1] Offensensitivity is a condition in which the sufferer is offended by so many things that they need a special filter between themselves and the rest of the world.
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