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to think this man is not a criminal?

163 replies

AtYourCervix · 24/08/2011 18:37

Who actually cares enough to send this chap to prison? Why? Is he dangerous? Is he disgusting? Is he a criminal? here

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GypsyMoth · 24/08/2011 20:41

Yeah izzy, I'm aware, thing is, there's nothing stopping this one is there?? Except his own stupidity!

GypsyMoth · 24/08/2011 20:42

And how would he manage if released on tag? He would have to bloody well wear THAT.....

izzywhizzyletsgetbusy · 24/08/2011 20:46

If the Scottish authorities continue to release him into public car parks, it would appear that they're setting him up to be incarcerated within minutes of his release.

They could at least drive him to open countryside within a few of miles of the Scottish/English border and give him head start in getting across Grin

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 24/08/2011 20:46

It is my understanding that he refuses clothing in prison, and is therefore kept mostly in solitary.

Waltons · 24/08/2011 20:47

Strikes me that the poor chap may have some mental health issues. Not the issue of being naked in itself, but the wish to appear naked repeatedly in public. I don't see how re-arresting him time and again is going to help him?

izzywhizzyletsgetbusy · 24/08/2011 20:47

There's an obvious place for him to wear a tag - and it would prevent him committing any further offences Wink

GypsyMoth · 24/08/2011 20:50

I guess MH issues would have been ruled out.

But if he IS mentally I'll, then does it sit right with those who support him? He's laughed at, pointed at and as I said earlier, ridiculed. Is it ok to let this situation to continue so the public can make fun of a Mentally Ill person?

AtYourCervix · 24/08/2011 22:00

the only people 'making fun' are those who have issues with nudty.

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Tanith · 24/08/2011 22:41

Reminds me of the Dentons' Nude Day in the League of Gentlemen.

luweewu · 24/08/2011 22:47

Martin Luther King was prasied for peacefull protest again laws that he found objectionable.

How is this different?

MightyQuim · 24/08/2011 23:00

Are you being serious luweewu?
This guy isn't doing what he's doing for anyones benefit but his own. The majority of people don't want to walk around naked. In our country it is bloody impractical for about 364 days of the year aside from anything else.
If he wants to campaign for public nudity without being imprisoned then he needs to adhere to the law by being clothed until the law is changed (which it won't be).
I agree with whoever said upthread that he likes being in prison. He wouldn't get naked straight away upon being released if he didn't want to go back.

luweewu · 24/08/2011 23:17

Yes , I am being serious , he is protesting for civil rights

On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. Parks' action was not the first of its kind to impact the civil rights issue, and there had been others, including Lizzie Jennings in 1854, Irene Morgan in 1946, Sarah Louise Keys in 1955 and Claudette Colvin, on the same bus system nine months before Parks, who had taken similar steps. But Parks' civil disobedience had the effect of sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Again , how is this different?

GypsyMoth · 24/08/2011 23:20

luther king didnt protest just for ONE person though,did he?

MightyQuim · 24/08/2011 23:24

Again I am shocked that you think that black people having equal rights to white people is a comparable cause to one man who wants to be nude in public.

luweewu · 24/08/2011 23:31

MightyQuim , I really dont think it's comparable in terms of importance , but the issues are the same , He is protesting (peacefully) against a law he thinks is unjust.

I have no desire to go naked BTW , also wouldnt fancy seeing casual nudism commonly , but to jail him for 10 years?

izzywhizzyletsgetbusy · 24/08/2011 23:31

Possessing a sense of humour is not synonomous with having issues with nudity.

I sunbathe and swim on nudist beaches, own a small boat called 'The Nuddy and, when alone, frequently wander around my home sans apparel, but in public I wear clothing out of respect for the sensibilities of others.

If certain scaremongers experts are correct in their predictions of global warming, it may come to pass that Mr Gough and other determined naturists are hailed as pioneers of the revolution should Western society's mores undergo dramatic alteration.

Until such time as this unlikely event occurs, I will defend Mr Gough's right to ramble through open countryside stark bollock naked if he so desires providing only that he doesn't frighten the horses.

However, when it comes to rambling though towns, villages, and cities, my grave concern for Mr Gough's personal safety, together with that of others, IMO renders his position indefensible.

GypsyMoth · 24/08/2011 23:42

he wasnt jailed for ten years as one sentence tho........read the article

Blueberties · 24/08/2011 23:43

"The only people making fun are the ones who have issues with nudity"

Cervix, that's not true at all, Onagar suggested someone had mental health issues because they don't want continual public nudity.

Also a general idea that those who generally approve of people wearing clothes are seriously uptight.

izzywhizzyletsgetbusy · 24/08/2011 23:47

I must bookmark this thread for incorporation into my forthcoming production 'mumsnet the musical'.

Visualises a lone naked rambler (rucksack, kettle, primus stove) dancing on to the stage followed by chorus lines of naked policemen (boots, helmets - query truncheons?), naked judges and barristers (wigs, stockings, collars?)....

luweewu · 24/08/2011 23:50

ILoveTIFFANY, I can read , I read

The former Royal Marine, from Eastleigh in Hampshire, has been behind bars in Scotland for much of the past decade.

He has been repeatedly arrested in the street outside Perth Prison by police waiting for him to be released at the end of each sentence.

60 seconds of freedom each time doesnt mean less than 10 years sentence.

GypsyMoth · 24/08/2011 23:54

his own fault.....he knew what to do to keep the peace,as do you and i!!

NonnoMum · 24/08/2011 23:54

A question -

Is he really naked all the time. Or does he wear shoes?

NasalCoffeeEnema · 24/08/2011 23:55

You don't see his cock anyway. He tends to have something, normnally his map in front of it.

I love eccentrics and think it really is a waste of money locking him up

GypsyMoth · 24/08/2011 23:56

he's kind of letting himself down if he wears shoes....weakens his 'cause'

NonnoMum · 24/08/2011 23:58

Nope - lock him up. If he was talking a ramble past my DD, his cockola would be at head height.
He can fuck right off.