Gough might stay behind bars for LIFE!

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• GE

  

  George_in_WV

  Mar 26, 2011

  Much as I enjoy being naked, and I have been nude in places where I was in violation of some law, I don’t think I would press the matter so far as to be subject to constant arrest and jail time. To me being free from jail trumps being nude in public. What is he really accomplishing?

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• ME

  Member

  Mar 26, 2011

  [quote]Say what one will about US prudishness, no one in this country faces life in prison for being nude. Where the hell are the magnificent Brits who kicked German ass in WW2? Why are the arschlochs who are turning the UK into a police state still in power? Winnie must be spinning in his grave.[/quote]       Hmmm...wonder what the reaction would be if some one decided to hike across the US nude? I don't think I'll try it any time soonJen

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• SC

  

  scnudist

  Mar 26, 2011

  That's part of the problem with the shock value of "in your face" nudism that he was persuing. It doesn't always cast a good light on nudists. In my opinion, if we're to get any further with our rights, we have to respect everyone else. If you're going to hike nude on public trails, which I have done, it's best to go places where you are less likely to offend. If someone in the US were to continually do as he was doing, I wouldn't be surprised of a similiar response from the court systems.

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• TH

  

  Thomas

  Mar 26, 2011

  Jen, if the nude hike was part of a protest, our First Ammendment rights should protect one from prosecution.  That does not stop the police from arresting you however.  They could charge you with disturing the peace or failure to obey orders of peace officer.

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• DA

  DanandJanette

  Mar 26, 2011

  [quote]Where the hell are the magnificent Brits who kicked German ass in WW2? [/quote]   They're busy ironing their prayer rugs.

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• DA

  DanandJanette

  Mar 26, 2011

  [quote][quote]Say what one will about US prudishness, no one in this country faces life in prison for being nude. Where the hell are the magnificent Brits who kicked German ass in WW2? Why are the arschlochs who are turning the UK into a police state still in power? Winnie must be spinning in his grave.[/quote]        Hmmm...wonder what the reaction would be if some one decided to hike across the US nude? I don't think I'll try it any time soonJen[/quote]   Only within a crowd of nude joggers/cyclists etc, is safety from arrest possible. Like speeding on the interstate, it's the stragglers that get picked off.

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• ME

  Member

  Mar 26, 2011

  [quote][quote]Hmmm...wonder what the reaction would be if some one decided to hike across the US nude? I don't think I'll try it any time soon[/quote]   That makes two of us, if for no other reason than that one would grow old and foot-weary on a 3000-mile hike. I've always considered Gough to be an envelope pusher. The question is why he would be sentenced to the kind of penalty that cold-blooded, unrepentant murderers in the UK would face. If the authorities had not allowed his harmless antics to provoke them into action, he would be unknown except to a small group of followers. Sometimes, it's far better to ignore zealots than to give them the attention that they want, especially if their major "crime" is being naked. All it takes is rigid enforcement of petty laws and the sensation-seeking media to turn an obscure nobody into a virtual folk hero.[/quote]   Agreed

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• CA

  

  Canoodler

  Mar 27, 2011

  Just to be clear, I don't think that anyone was suggesting a "life sentence". Just that he would spend most of his life behind bars for taking off his jumpsuit each time he was released from prison. No, Britain doesn't sentence you to 50 years for a misdemeanor. I'd cool it if I were him too. But you have to respect his conviction and willingness to do it the hard way. He is right of course...His point is simply that he feels that hiding behind clothes does not make one socially acceptable and that his not hiding is simply more honest. We're all naked under our clothes.

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• SU

  

  Sunbeam65

  Mar 29, 2011

  [quote][quote]Where the hell are the magnificent Brits who kicked German ass in WW2? [/quote]     They're busy ironing their prayer rugs.[/quote] Sadly true and seems to be the United States is just following along on the same path. (I've probably offended some with this remark, if so get over it.  Feel free to express your opinion and I promise not be offended by it. We all have a right to our opinion and thankfully still have freedom of expression, although the "political correctness police" are doing their best to take that away.)

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• RE

  

  renebbare

  Mar 31, 2011

  lets face it all Gough is doing is breaking the law - nothing more - nothing less. He breaks the law on both sides of the border and also those in Queensland and the rest of Australia. He upsets many by his behaviour but I would still support his right to protest in this way. However to continualy go about in this fashion calls into account his sanity. IMHO. And yes it seems drugs are rather passe but nudism!! and in public places!! a cardinal sin!!

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• NE

  

  NewNudes

  Apr 6, 2011

  Then let him stay for life.  What he is doing is illegal.  While I am fine with non sexual nudity, somebody that does not want to see it should not have to.  There are designated places for nudity, just like there are certain roads that you can go 60mph on.  While I love nudism, I do not believe it is always a right, but a privelidge.  Privacy is a right, as is protection, even if it means protection from seeing a nude person.  Religious beliefs are at stake here, and for some, they find it offensive to their beliefs.  As responsible nudists, it is our responsibility to respect that.  This man is not a True Nudist, chances are, he is somehow getting pleasure from this.

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• KA

  

  karhuuk

  Apr 6, 2011

  Two things to mention her: firstly, the story quoted appeared in the Daily Mail which is widely known in the UK as a low-brow, right-wing newspaper.  Those likely to take offense at the slightest impropriety are often labelled, 'Daily Mail readers'.
  Secondly, what Gough is doing that annoys the Daily Mail even more than being naked, is flouting the law.  That's what's really annoying the courts and that's what's really making him a target.

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