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

[imonthefone]

6 years!

6 years!

for being naked

some rapists have done less than that!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gough

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

So what else would you do with a persistent lawbreaker?

let him off?!

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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?

sheela

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

You can always avert your eyes
The law is an ass

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

The guy is a persistent arsehole

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.

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!'

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

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!

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

Yeah, sure you would

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.

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

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

There isn't one.

hes not predatory. hes not a paedophile

I am not afraid for my kids to see nakedness

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

we can missmolly

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