Naked Rambler in court, in the nude.

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Re: Naked Rambler in court, in the nude.

Post by Forty Two » Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:49 pm

Well, he's protecting women from this sexist imagery, which is quite triggering.
http://www.boston.com/yourcampus/news/w ... versy.html

Naked men are sexist.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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Re: Naked Rambler in court, in the nude.

Post by Forty Two » Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:01 pm

Pappa wrote:
rachelbean wrote: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...
It's not illegal to be naked in public in the UK. It is illegal to cause someone distress by being so though.
That's true, but it really isn't that it's "not illegal" -- it's that it's illegal if you "alarm, distress or annoy" someone else. It basically means that there is sort of a mushy, great, big grey area. It results in some arbitrary enforcement, and the police can ask you to cover up, and if you don't, then suddenly you're annoying and harassing people. I think the basic gist is that if you are on what is commonly considered a nude beach, you're cool. If you're out in the street, they're going to ask you to cover up, and if you don't, they'll send you down to the Old Bailey for a visit.

It's a very English sort of law - very common law-ish.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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