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to think its an atrocity that this man has spent 6 years in prison?!!?

179 replies

imonthefone · 03/09/2012 15:21

6 years!

6 years!

for being naked

some rapists have done less than that! Angry

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gough

www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/23/naked-rambler-mental-health-checks

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 03/09/2012 15:23

So what else would you do with a persistent lawbreaker?

imonthefone · 03/09/2012 15:24

let him off?!

he harms no one-snot like everyone is suddenly going to get naked because he 'got away with it'!

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JumpingThroughMoreHoops · 03/09/2012 15:25

He can be as naked as he likes on a nudist beach. I'm sure the rest of us don't want to see his danglies as he straddles a style. He's an exhibitionist. He thrives on the attention.

MrsTerrysChocolateOrange · 03/09/2012 15:25

It's not for being naked. It is for repeatedly showing total contempt for the Courts and for the law. I don't think he should have been 'managed' like this but what would you do instead?

kinkyfuckery · 03/09/2012 15:25

He broke the law. Repeatedly. Why should he get "let off"?

SheelaNeGig · 03/09/2012 15:25

Oh i did this thread last time he was released.
General consenus was that i was unreasonable to be outraged and being a naked rambler was akin to eating raw kittens in a playground.

Still think its an outrage though.

Themumsnot · 03/09/2012 15:26

I agree with you OP. How has he harmed anyone? Seriously?

LaurieBlueBell · 03/09/2012 15:26

So would you be happy if everyone started walking around naked. He shows no respect for the opinions of those who don't want to see his swingy bits.

He's a loon.

MrsTerrysChocolateOrange · 03/09/2012 15:26

Then the law needs to be changed to allow public nudity. It's not OK to have a law that someone shows contempt for.

JumpingThroughMoreHoops · 03/09/2012 15:27

You'd change your tune OP if some bloke whipped his kit off when you were out shopping and your PFB saw a strangers goolies Grin

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 03/09/2012 15:28

Right, so if a law is persistently broken by one person, we change the law. Would you apply that logic to drink-driving, or drug-taking?

imonthefone · 03/09/2012 15:28

sheela Grin

bluebell i wouldnt mind-so long as I wasnt required to get neked

You can always avert your eyes
The law is an ass

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imonthefone · 03/09/2012 15:30

jumpiing I recon said stranger would soon be covering his goolies, if my PFB saw them--there would be much screeching and hilarity, and we would be required to follow no doubt Grin

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MrsKeithRichards · 03/09/2012 15:30

The guy is a persistent arsehole

MrsTerrysChocolateOrange · 03/09/2012 15:30

Actually I would apply that to legalising drugs. Not drink driving because that harms others and is rightly the business of Courts. You don't make the law a joke and if most of the people in the country have broken it (as they have with drugs) then you have to change it.

imonthefone · 03/09/2012 15:31

its like the law is some authoritarian/unreasonable/victorian/abusive parent--'you will just do it because i say so!' 'or I will PUNISH you!'

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ClippedPhoenix · 03/09/2012 15:32

Yep another one who thinks he's an absolute law flouting exhibitionist nut case.

imonthefone · 03/09/2012 15:34

there's nowt wrong with being a loon/nut case-life would be really tedious if we were all incredibly sane and same....

I enjoy a bit of law flouting, just for the sake of it....

but seriously, law-learn to choose your battles!

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valiumredhead · 03/09/2012 15:35

So you would be quite happy to have him marching around the park your kids were playing in?

Yeah, sure you would Hmm

missymoomoomee · 03/09/2012 15:35

He has spent 6 years in jail because of his total disregard for the law. It was his choice entirely. No sympathy at all. We can't all decide which bits of the law we choose to stick to and decide the ones we think are stupid don't apply to us.

ClippedPhoenix · 03/09/2012 15:36

Ah but hasn't he done this so persistently that no-one knows quite what to do with him?

JumpingThroughMoreHoops · 03/09/2012 15:37

Could someone point out, legally, the difference between the naked rambler and a flasher?

There isn't one.

imonthefone · 03/09/2012 15:37

hes not predatory. hes not a paedophile

I am not afraid for my kids to see nakedness Hmm

and he doesnt 'walk through parks' in the way that he frequents 1 park or place; he is walking from point A to point B...

...naked Grin

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imonthefone · 03/09/2012 15:38

we can missmolly

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BlackberryIce · 03/09/2012 15:38

So you would be happy to have naked men and women within a few yards of a children's playground?