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I was just reading this BBC News article and it got me wondering what the general view on this debate is?

Personally I'm amazed that we can label our own bodies as sources of alarm or distress.

We criticise some cultures/religions where woman are forced to cover up but as a society deem it unacceptable to be completely uncovered.

It's OK for a toddler to run naked on a beach but it's not acceptable for an adult to do the same.

We have paintings and statues of naked people all over country and they're completely acceptable but the real thing somehow isn't.

Seriously, who gets offended by seeing someone naked? It just seems such a hopelessly prudish attitude for our society to have developed. Why can people not see the distinction between nudity and sexual behaviour?
 
TriggerHappy said:
Seriously, who gets offended by seeing someone naked? It just seems such a hopelessly prudish attitude for our society to have developed. Why can people not see the distinction between nudity and sexual behaviour?
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Quite. I have no desire to see Mr Gough's dangly bits, but I wouldn't be offended if I did.

The last thing we should be doing is teaching children to be ashamed of their bodies and stuff like this sends the message that they are to be hidden at all costs :(
 
I can see potential hygene issues if/when he uses supermarkets, restaurants etc but if he wants to walk nekkid in public I have no problem, each to their own and all that.

The trouble is, the courts have made a rod for their own back now and by taking such a robust stance will have trouble backing down without losing face.
 
Personally I can't think of many things that I would less like to see!
A large number of clothed people I see are less than attractive to the eye, (and I'm sure they think the same of me!), the prospect of seeing them without the coverings that make them mildly acceptable is not something I want to contemplate ... and as for the great unwashed that stroll the city streets! :gag:

The word 'exhibitionist' springs quickly to mind.

"Alarm or distress"? Frankly yes!
 
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I have no problem with public nudity but I wonder why would you want to in the UK....it is bleedin' freezing.

The only problem I could envisage is with an aroused male.
 
Perhaps it's a generation thing to some extent as well. Are the elderly of a more sensitive disposition?
 
Well i know i wouldn't like to take his place on a packed bus or tram if i saw him getting off :lol:

And i don't think it's a generation thing, ok i'm no spring chicken (early 30's) but i certainly wouldn't want to see him walking towards me with his meat and 2 veg swinging in the wind

And those of you who think it's acceptable, i bet you wouldn't be saying that if it was Subo walking the streets stark naked :gag: :nono:
 
tiler65 said:
I have no problem with public nudity but I wonder why would you want to in the UK....it is bleedin' freezing.

The only problem I could envisage is with an aroused male.
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Well it wasn't cold all summer you wuss!:lol:

But think about it, an exposed member - male or female - on a windswept beach in October... aroused? Exposed and showing a distinct lack of circulation more like.:eek::eek:


TriggerHappy said:
Perhaps it's a generation thing to some extent as well. Are the elderly of a more sensitive disposition?
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Well I have to say that whenever I have the opportunity to visit Kitoff Island aka Holkham Beach in Norfolk in summer conditions there seems to be a cross section of ages all carefully focussing their gaze nowhere in particular and studiously NOT looking at anyone else.
 
He was a brave man being naked in Townhill, I should know as I used to drive through there every day.

Don't have a problem with it as such but can't say i'd be thrilled at being out for a walk and meeting a scrawny naked dude when i'm not expecting to.
 
I wouldn't be too happy seeing someone naked whilst I'm out with my 2 year old, I can look at head height but she'd be subjected to a different view!
 
If everyone were walking round naked all the time then the bottom would fall out of the porn market!

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crofter said:
No thank you, most people are not nice to look at with their clothes on, nudity would not enhance their appearance,I'm no exception but I don't have to look at myself.
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You don't have to look at other people either :)
 
rpsmith79 said:
Well i know i wouldn't like to take his place on a packed bus or tram if i saw him getting off :lol:
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I don't think there was any suggestion of him getting off while naked in public!!! :eek:

Personally, I love being naked and would be perfectly happy as a naturist in warm and sunny climes, although it would cost me a fortune in P20 sunscreen oil!
 
I wonder if he actually wears clothes when in prison :suspect: :eek:
 
im no prude but id say no, back in the day they were lots of sex attacks and a lot would get swept under the carpet so to speak, its only over the last few years the young primary school kids have been taught sex education now think of it this way it would toss all that education out the window what was wrong if some man or woman flashed there bits at them, now as said im no prude if some man or woman said would you take a photo of me nude i would say no probs if some 1 said would you like to help film a porn film id prob say yes , but theres a time and place to be nude and on main busy city streets isnt 1 of them
 
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I cant see the issue, its not like he's standing outside a school masturbating, he's just naked.
 
PMK said:
Ha, I didn't even look at the dates.

I guess that's what happens when it's a slow news day and Maggie threads get shut down ;)
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So what were you searching for when you came up with this ;)
 
I don't think it is acceptable.

In busy places you often come into contact with people physically without meaning to and I would not like to accidentally touch another mans penis or buttocks. Many reasons why some of which involve hygiene.

I'm pretty sure a naked woman wouldn't want anyone to accidentally touch their breasts or genitals.

Sitting on a public seat where a bare bottom has sat that could be sweaty or perhaps didn't wipe properly after a poo for example would pose issues to
 
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Just walk down any high street and look at the bloody mess people go about in, who the hell would want see most of them naked. Naturalists have their own places to go, no problem with that but on general public view, no way

Plus, I spend a bloody fortune on me clobber to look sharp and clean and aim to show it off at any given opportunity.
 
BRASH said:
Just walk down any high street and look at the bloody mess people go about in, who the hell would want see most of them naked. Naturalists have their own places to go, no problem with that but on general public view, no way

Plus, I spend a bloody fortune on me clobber to look sharp and clean and aim to show it off at any given opportunity.
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I'm a naturalist but I don't take my clothes off...
 
Sonriendo said:
I know, the price of Doc Martins these days :gag:
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Tip of the iceberg Sarah. Today I was seeing about getting a couple of bespoke Tonic Harringtons made by my tailor. Each more than twice the price of a pair of DM's but ohhhhhhhhhh, so classy;)
 
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