Naked Rambler in court, in the nude.

Post by **Xamonas Chegwé** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:11 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-33063397

This bloke has spent more time in jail than many rapists and several murderers. Just cos he doesn't like wearing clothes!

Anyone else find that fucking obscene? The judges that sentenced him should be fucking ashamed!

Post by **Blind groper** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:16 am

Prison seems a bit excessive for a relatively harmless eccentricity. However, I can see why it was done.

There are lots of behaviours which are required simply because it is the social norm. Such behaviours change over time. However, at the time, adhering to the social expectation does act as a kind of social lubricant to avoid problems. Saying 'please' and 'thank you' are in this category. No real harm done by not saying them, but they exist to keep human relationships smooth.

Nudity is just an example of this kind. There is no objective reason why it is wrong. However, the social expectation is strong, and those who break this rule may cause trouble. So we act to prevent trouble by pressuring people into not breaking the rule.

Post by **Strontium Dog** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:45 am

The man is a hero. No other word for it.

Post by **JimC** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:09 am

I think he is making a complete arse of himself...

Post by **pErvinalia** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:17 am

What a dick.

Post by **JimC** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:19 am

Bollocks!

Post by **JimC** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:20 am

It would be a problem if he had tendencies to become a Homo erectus...

Post by **Hermit** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:39 am

Blind groper wrote:...those who break this rule may cause trouble.

May? Stephen Gough has caused trouble, and by the look of it is determined to continue causing trouble. However, the trouble is limited to transgressing a social taboo by appearing naked in public. Big deal. The only harm of it is that he offends the prejudices by the public at large who rather deem birthday suits to be immoral when they are thus displayed. When nakedness to deemed ok in the privacy of your home, porn flicks and nature clubs, but not on the street, the only distinguishing feature making nakedness a crime fit for repeated periods of incarceration is that it is public. Seems rather irrational to me.

Post by **mistermack** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:48 pm

He's chosen prison at every opportunity. There are lots of laws that I disagree with.
Like the smoking bans. But I don't deliberately flout them in public all the time.

If I did, I'd get ordered to desist by a court, in the end. If I kept on doing it, I would end up in prison. Not for smoking, but for breaking a court order.

That's what has put this twat in prison. Not going nude, but deliberately defying the courts.
You fight the courts, you will lose. And quite right too. Long may it continue.

If someone wants to keep defying the courts, prison is exactly where they belong. So long as the courts are not completely corrupt.

Post by **cronus** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:31 pm

Why waste expensive prison places on a bizarre weirdo who doesn't like clothes? Make him wear a tag. House arrest.

Post by **JimC** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:11 pm

Scumple wrote:Why waste expensive prison places on a bizarre weirdo who doesn't like clothes? Make him wear a tag. House arrest.

Tied around his willy!

Post by **rachelbean** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 11:19 am

It's really fucking weird and wrong that being naked in public is illegal. I have no desire to go nude as I'm quite comfortable with social norms, but it just seems insane that you could actually go to prison for not wearing clothes...

Post by **Hermit** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 11:30 am

mistermack wrote:If someone wants to keep defying the courts, prison is exactly where they belong. So long as the courts are not completely corrupt.

So the problem is not the law prohibiting public nakedness. It's him. HIM! He's the evil one! Hang him!

Post by **cronus** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 11:36 am

Hermit wrote:
mistermack wrote:If someone wants to keep defying the courts, prison is exactly where they belong. So long as the courts are not completely corrupt.
So the problem is not the law prohibiting public nakedness. It's him. HIM! He's the evil one! Hang him!

That's what he wants. Attention. Far better to case him in a concrete overcoat and drop in the sea...

Post by **Hermit** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:19 pm

Scumple wrote:
Hermit wrote:
mistermack wrote:If someone wants to keep defying the courts, prison is exactly where they belong. So long as the courts are not completely corrupt.
So the problem is not the law prohibiting public nakedness. It's him. HIM! He's the evil one! Hang him!

That's what he wants. Attention. Far better to case him in a concrete overcoat and drop in the sea...

Better pass a law that makes attention seeking a crime first. That way drowning him looks a little more as if it's not murder.

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