PEOPLE CALL AMERICANS PRUDES, but Australian bluenoses are up in arms over a simple photo that would arouse no particular interest in the United States.

UPDATE: Reader Gerald Hanner writes: “No wonder the Chinese have been making threats toward the Aussies.” Well, I don’t think the Aussies are wimps, appearances to the contrary notwithstanding. But apparently an invader wouldn’t have to worry about “a rifle behind every blade of grass.”