The 'Naked Rambler' jailed for 22 months, following arrest within 60 seconds of his release!
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According to Wiki streaking was named as such in 1973,I personally think that's wrong as a drunken four person streak around Wellington is still burned in my memory and I'd left NZ by 1973.(Wikipedia.en is notorious for being UScentric of course).It seemed everybody and their dog was doing it in the early/mid seventies.
That's a bit simplistic really. When I lived in Reading my house was opposite a primary school, I had to call the police once because there was a bloke hiding in the bushes near the school with no clothes on. He may have just had a prank played on him but he could easily have been a wrong un, the fact is he had no business being there and could cause great worry to the teachers / parents and the police should have powers to address that.
There is a context to everything and as numerous people on this thread have said if you want to walk around with your knackers out there is plenty of opportunity to do so, but this guy's cause seems as much to be challenging the police and courts, there will only be one winner in that situation.
Sweet FA
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I've probably missed something but I didn't hear him say anything substantive about why he's doing what he does. He was asked a couple of times but said something about 'freedom' and not much else. Does he have a 'cause'? The reason I commented about his mental health wasn't because of what he's doing per se, more that there seemed to be no reason for it. By the end of the programme I was none the wiser as to his motivation tbh
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
well clearly he isn't a flasher. By definition a flasher keeps his bits covered until he can 'flash' them at his victim. So you can't be an exhibitionist AND a flasher. Poor show, guardian
weltweit
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Naked rambler Stephen Gough loses human rights case
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29800016
Amazing, between May 2006 and Oct 2012 he enjoyed a total of seven days liberty!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29800016
Amazing, between May 2006 and Oct 2012 he enjoyed a total of seven days liberty!!
What a cock
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Impressive is it?
Weathered, I imagine
Are there still streakers nowadays at sporting events etc? I remember it being a popular pastime in the 70s and 80s. Was there a political message behind it that I was too young to appreciate or was it just exhibitionism? Erika someone or other springs to mind. I'm sure I've asked this before but can't remember the response. I hope it wasn't on this thread. 
weltweit
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See the top of this pageAre there still streakers nowadays at sporting events etc? I remember it being a popular pastime in the 70s and 80s. Was there a political message behind it that I was too young to appreciate or was it just exhibitionism? Erika someone or other springs to mind. I'm sure I've asked this before but can't remember the response. I hope it wasn't on this thread.
Fucking hell, the post is almost identical!See the top of this page
It wasn't answered though hence my persistent curiosity.
It's not that simple, is it? Rightly or wrongly we're collectively socially conditioned into decency in public which involves wearing clothes. So someone not conforming to that can be confusing/scary to children. Flashing is also the first game that men who go on to assault women also play so it feeds into that narrative aswell. If he's the only person gaining anything from it, it's an incredibly anti social thing to impose on everyone else and only the wooliest of liberals would defend it.
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FFS!
This is somethign previously discussed at length and in full on this very thread. Do me a favour and go back and read it, before I say somehting wwhich I'm defintiely going to regret but not as much as you will!
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
How sad we live in an age where not wearing clothes as a personal choice is deemed as a sexual misdemeanour.
8ball
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Not just children.
That's my view. I don't need to read the entire thread in order to make it more palatable for you. Besides, I've responded before so obviously read it before. I don't agree with him being jailed over this at all but neither do I think someone's right to wear no clothes ranks above others' right to not want to see that person naked.FFS!
I acknowledged that point when I said 'rightly or wrongly'. It's fucking anti social though if you're doing something that everyone else would rather you didn't.
So you agree with his cock out protest?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
So's a lot of things. Like public displays of affection, esp if you are gay. Should they wind it in too?
8ball
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It depends on the relative merits of the act, and there are merits to both sides of the argument here - there is a tension between the duty of tolerance and the duty to try and rub along smoothly with others* for the most part.
* - God, the filth - you people really depress me sometimes.
Nice try. Would you like to meld homosexuality with paedophilia too, or suggest I would, or are we done with this line of reasoning?
Orang Utan
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No, but I would like to link things that should be acceptable but aren't cos a lot of people are dicks.
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