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That might depend on who's sitting in the front row ... :cool:
I once had to do a life sketching class at a (since demolished) art college .. the life model was called Sally and was a good laugh and then walked in naked and stood on a podium ... I was 17 so a little bit shy about naked women but what also struck me was how much concentration it took when our lecturer told us to request which pose Sally took .. then we had to draw her in 5 minutes, then two minutes and then 30 seconds to sharpen up our blocking skills ... I was exhausted afterwards and completely forgot the naked woman in front of me part ... anatomy, bone structure, shading etc .. I very much doubt that the above mentioned lecturer is a pervert ... he's been doing this for 11 years .. yet .. no complaints until now.
 
'Aroused' rider removed from World Naked Bike Ride
Cyclists looking to take part in Cambridge's first naked bike ride will hope for better luck than one rider in Kent on Saturday, who was removed by police after becoming "over-excited".

Cambridgeshire police are aware of the event and have confirmed that taking part is not illegal.

But that didn't stop the 'aroused' male rider being escorted away from the event in Canterbury by police officers.

One witness said: ''Everyone was taking their clothes off to get ready for the ride. I heard gasps and I turned around - it was a horrible sight."
:eek:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Aro...tory-26606226-detail/story.html#ixzz3biYqDvyT
 

What? ... just for getting a stiffy? .. outrageous.

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Seriously, it's a bit heavy handed.
It was a daft idea anyway...someone was bound to get a stiffy! When you're a young man, sometimes you don't choose the moment when the little chap decides to rear his ugly little head. :D:D:D
 
I think Ive mentioned elsewhere the oddness Ive encountered in Kings Clipstone, Notts. Animals that dont belong to the empty house Im working at and that Shire horse on a back garden....:eek:

Well I had a nude experience of the 2D kind at a house that had heating issues. In the main bedroom was a large 1970s looking oil painting of a naked man & women. They both looked young, were well captured -warts n all. Ideas such as who would display that for anyone to see, raced through my head as I disconnected the radiator. To make matters worse the women who had let me in was the chatty type and was stood in the bedroom watching me. It then slowly came to me that the women in the painting was her :eek: She then asked me if it would take long as her husband would be home soon after being on nights at the local colliery. With mental images of the husband matching the well hung male in the painting, I broke all records clearing that radiator.

Im surprised I didnt leave skid marks on the road near my van as I left.
 
I think Ive mentioned elsewhere the oddness Ive encountered in Kings Clipstone, Notts. Animals that dont belong to the empty house Im working at and that Shire horse on a back garden....:eek:

Well I had a nude experience of the 2D kind at a house that had heating issues. In the main bedroom was a large 1970s looking oil painting of a naked man & women. They both looked young, were well captured -warts n all. Ideas such as who would display that for anyone to see, raced through my head as I disconnected the radiator. To make matters worse the women who had let me in was the chatty type and was stood in the bedroom watching me. It then slowly came to me that the women in the painting was her :eek: She then asked me if it would take long as her husband would be home soon after being on nights at the local colliery. With mental images of the husband matching the well hung male in the painting, I broke all records clearing that radiator.

Im surprised I didnt leave skid marks on the road near my van as I left.
I thought you said you liked to paint George. Could have been the start of a beautiful association.;)
 
You're Robin Askwith, aren't you, George? Admit it.
 
Yeah - let's have some confessions...
 
Well Ive never been a window cleaner....if thats what you mean.
 
Model railways showed an idealised England until 'sexy scenes' came along
Forget housewives in headscarves or children waving from the road, the latest figures from Buffers Model Railway will shock you

[The name says it all!]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife...sed-England-until-sexy-scenes-came-along.html

The source is Preiser Models in Germany, who have a whole range of more interesting lineside figures:
http://www.gaugemaster.com/search_r...~%ACho%AC~~scale%20category~~1241~~category#1
 
Naked Rambler makes legal history as he appears before judges in nude
Stephen Gough sits behind large table while watching court proceedings via video link from prison as judges asked to quash conviction

A man known as the Naked Rambler has made legal history - by appearing before leading judges in the nude.
Former marine Stephen Gough, from Hampshire, watched proceedings at the Court of Appeal in London via video link from prison.
Gough, who says it is his human right to be naked in public, remained seated behind a large table as the judges were asked to quash his most recent conviction.

A lawyer representing him in court argued on his behalf that the conviction for breaching an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) - by walking out of prison wearing only his boots and socks - was "unsafe" because he was not permitted to stand trial "not wearing any clothes".
The trial at Winchester Crown Court in October last year was held in his absence. He was found guilty by a jury and sentenced by the trial judge to two-and-a-half years jail.

etc...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...tory-as-he-appears-before-judges-in-nude.html
 
Stephen Gough's right .. we should all be allowed to walk around naked if we chose to. If it was legalised tomorrow, I'd be nervous but I'd soon start doing it (especially as it's getting hotter at the moment here) ...
 
It's a bizarre & tragic case. Presumably he would be OK if he wore a loin cloth for outside but he's not prepared to go even that far although I see he will bend the rules for boots & socks.

He's destined to spend the rest of his life in prison apart from the day of his release. Serve prison sentence - walk outside naked - get arrested - get sentenced.....

It's tragic because he seems completely harmless, it's just his knackers that are breaking the law.
 
It's a bizarre & tragic case. Presumably he would be OK if he wore a loin cloth for outside but he's not prepared to go even that far although I see he will bend the rules for boots & socks.
Yes, I always found that odd. He's more worried about stubbing his toes, or walking on stones, than he is about protecting his genitals from thorns and nettles, mad dogs and hungry seagulls...

Quite mad.
 
The Naked Rambler is a British eccentric. If the public and the state find themselves in opposition to his harmless actions, it is they who are in the wrong and ought to adapt.

For Pete's sake, we have people who have been allowed to remain at liberty in the UK who earnestly want us murdered as unbelievers and our way of life extirpated as ungodly - all this chap wants to do is wander around with his tackle out.
 
The unwelcome existence of evil, muderous jihadists does not some give us all the right to go about in the nuddy. The naked rambler is just an exhibitionist, plain and simple. In fact, given the fondness of the jihadists for cutting off vital bits of anatomy, locking him up could be seen as protective custody.
 
The unwelcome existence of evil, muderous jihadists does not some give us all the right to go about in the nuddy. The naked rambler is just an exhibitionist, plain and simple. In fact, given the fondness of the jihadists for cutting off vital bits of anatomy, locking him up could be seen as protective custody.

This isn't aimed at you Rynner, just my opinion ..It's not like he's going to attack us all with his penis though is it? ... maybe if I had a daughter I'd feel differently if he walked past her exposed, I don't know, but what he's doing is only bonkers because everyone else isn't doing it ... nudity doesn't automatically equal sexual intention. Homosexual men used to be arrested and nowadays most people don't bat an eye lid .... Stephen Gough isn't a pervert, he's just naked .. women are allowed to sunbathe topless on most beaches these days without fear of arrest when before they used to have their legs measured to make sure their beach costumes weren't too short ..

Are the authorities afraid that if they don't make an example of Mr. Gough that the whole country will do it? ... are we all going to have a massive gang bang? .. there's nothing unnatural about being naked if we all agree. I doubt many people would opt for that life style choice in the winter ... those are the people the authorities would need to monitor for protection.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...hen-gough-makes-history-nude-court-appearance
 
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The unwelcome existence of evil, muderous jihadists does not some give us all the right to go about in the nuddy. The naked rambler is just an exhibitionist, plain and simple. In fact, given the fondness of the jihadists for cutting off vital bits of anatomy, locking him up could be seen as protective custody.

I wasn't positing a causal link, I was calling for a reappraisal of perspective. His actions are harmless.
 
We have the Naked Bike Ride every year in Brighton (and other places) and that goes ahead with no problems.

A chap was removed from an event in Kent recently as he got 'visibly overexcited' at their Naked Bike Ride, which fits the usual definition of nudity becoming an offence if it causes offence.

Which means Mr Naked Rambler must have done something to cause someone offence at some point.
 
"...a reappraisal of perspective"

Full frontal nudity is very uncommon amongst people around the world. Even the "naked savages" that early European explorers encountered usually wore at least a loincloth. This suggests that there is something in the human psyche that believes that the 'naughty bits' should be covered up.

No doubt researchers have produced papers and books on this topic, but I'm wary of doing a web search on Nudity or Nakedness, because it would probably just unleash a torrent of porn! :eek:
 
I would defend the right of any individual to act in opposition to the norms of the 'general human psyche' in any scenario where those actions present no harm to others. Your argument - that we ought to act only in consonance with the historical consensus - would be the music to the ears of countless tyrants throughout history; it's a edict to accept slavery, capital punishment, religious orthodoxy and every other tradition observed by the majority.

Your claim that a near-universal practice need by necessity stem from 'human psyche' is also unproven. Almost all humans have names: that's because it's useful to be able to refer to yourself and others by shorthand, not because the idea of naming oneself or having a name are part of the 'human psyche'.

I'd also what makes you accuse him of being an exhibitionist rather than a naturist?
Has there been any evidence that he derives sexual gratification from his actions?
 
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It would be more visibly obvious if a male naturist was sexually aroused than a female naturist and I'm sure a minority of both genders would become so .. I feel though, and I'm talking about how I wish the world was instead of how it is now through sexual oppression that the majority of people wouldn't be turned on by being surrounded by other nude people once it became normal for everyone .. Desmond Morris's excellent studies through books such as Man Watching convince me that we'd all learn to stay away from people who started to act overtly sexual just as our instincts allow us currently to do the same thing with clothed people .. I think we'd all know it was 'the done thing' to go off and have sexual intercourse in more private settings.
 
I'd also what makes you accuse him of being an exhibitionist rather than a naturist?
Has there been any evidence that he derives sexual gratification from his actions?
Do exhibitionists really derive sexual gratification from their actions?
Surely they actually want to provoke a shocked reaction in their 'audience'?
"Look at me! Look at the effect I have on all these people!"
 
There are various definitions - it depends who you ask - but a lot of psychologists suggest a sexual element is integral.
Personally, I have no such experience!
 
A chap was removed from an event in Kent recently as he got 'visibly overexcited' at their Naked Bike Ride, which fits the usual definition of nudity becoming an offence if it causes offence.
That also happened in Cambridge recently, for the same event.
 
First penile transplant recipient 'to become father'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33103294
The South African recipient of the world's first penile transplant is to become a father, a surgeon who performed the operation has told the BBC.

His girlfriend has reported that she is about four months' pregnant, and this showed that the "transplant worked", said Andre van der Merwe.

The 21-year-old recipient, whose identify is being protected, lost his penis in a botched circumcision.

The operation took place in December.

Surgeons at Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital performed a nine-hour operation to attach a donated penis.

Dr Van der Merwe said he was "very pleased" when he heard that the man's girlfriend was pregnant, and had not asked for a paternity test as there was no reason not to believe the couple.

"This is what we intended, that he should be able to stand up and be able to urinate and have intercourse, so it is a milestone for him," Dr Van der Merwe told the BBC.

He had not expected the man to be infertile, as he had an issue with his penis, not his testicles, the surgeon added.

Dr Van der Merwe said the surgical team is yet to review the success of the operation, and may then carry out further transplants.

The boy had been left with just 1cm of his original penis as a result of the botched circumcision. He was 18 and sexually active at the time.

When attaching the donated penis, the surgical team used some of the techniques that had been developed to perform the first face transplants in order to connect the tiny blood vessels and nerves.

There have been attempts at penis transplants before, including one in China.

Accounts suggested the operation went well, but the penis was later rejected.

Doctors say South Africa has some of the greatest need for penis transplants in the world.

Dozens, some say hundreds, of boys are maimed or die each year during traditional initiation ceremonies.


Whilst there are notionally some collateral health benefits, I remain highly-unconvinced about the 'virtues' of male circumcision or female genital mutilation.
 
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