Kudos to you and your support of minimal swimsuits, JohnGw. Obviously, you have great confidence in your body and you enthusiastically show it off. However, I don't think that you have any authority to define minimal swimwear for us all.
Technically, bkbll2010 had made the statement that the swimsuit he posted were "somewhat minimal." I agree that they are more minimal than board shorts and, therefore, it seems that his statement pretty much meets the definition of somewhat minimal. Regardless, he put himself out here. I think he should get props for doing so as opposed to getting flamed.
Keep up the exhibitionist swimwear attitude in whatever form works for you!
I wasn't trying to flame anybody.
What I wanted to emphasise was the cultural difference on my side the Atlantic where, in some public pools anything much bigger than my swimsuits would be forbidden and I have no need to wear anything less minimal anywhere.
I should also point out that my wife has a very conservative attitude to swimwear and I would be in real trouble if I bought anything as risqué as some of the more extreme suits pictured here.
If anybody feels flamed by my posts I unreservedly apologise.