[Closed] WTF - Naked rambler jailed for 5 months?

On at least one occasion, he's had to return to scotland for court dates, which has resulted in him being arrested again. "Oy, naked bloke, come here" "OK" "Aargh, a naked bloke! Arrest him for being here!"

Yeah, up here BoP is a criminal offence not a civil one.

So, my question is, being as he's resident in England then why does he spend so much time being naked in Scotland?

Kinda hard to do a LEJoG without visiting Scotland at some point.

Also challenging the law is part of his cause.

(He has been arrested twice in England by the way)

he's had to return to scotland for court dates, which has resulted in him being arrested again.

And he has been released, walked out naked, and been arrested again immediately. 😆

Yup- think this is covered earlier in the thread, but apparently in England, you need to have a complaint from a member of the public to have committed BoP, whereas in Scotland you don't.

I agree with those saying that the school angle is irrelevant and designed to manipulate.

If his actions are designed to show up the absurdities of modern life, then he's succeeded imo.

He is just partaking in a favourite bootneck pastime. If its not naked roll mat fighting, it's naked rambling. If its not naked rambling, it's naked bar. We bootnecks will find any old excuse to get naked.

[b]Cougar[/b]I never really understood this; that society deems it necessary to have segregated bathroom facilities

did I get the 100?

@zimbo - may I thank you. Until the Rosa Parks I was an unnoticed person it the doctors waiting room. Afterwards I am the object of dozens of beady pensioner stares for having the temerity to burst into fits of giggles.

Back on topic, seeing more naked bodies in all their variety might just readjust the view of a normal physique. I have no problem with nudity, we are naked under the clothes. As long as there is no intention to harm others the leave him be.

Quite common to have mixed bathrooms in France for example, urinals and stalls as it were.

Last time I was in France we were in a pub where the loo was just at the end of the bar and had a saloon style door, so you could still chat to people sat at the bar whilst you were taking a piss.

We really are ridiculously uptight in this country sometimes.

it nudity nothing more ..the only thing that offend me about naked bodies is when they are ugly or flabby; for this reason I have never proposed a STW naked ride

If you think it is sexual have a word with yourself not him

That said he doe seem to court controversy for whatever reason.

FWIW my kids would probably point at his winky and then laugh

maybe the stupid git should grow up and put some clothes on?

[quote=psling ]So, my question is, being as he's resident in England then why does he spend so much time being naked in Scotland?
Because he is trying to make a point. This isn't about him liking being naked, it's about him protesting about his right to be naked. That's why he wore clothes to board a flight at Southampton and removed them before landing in Edinburgh.

The last time he was released (naked), the police just let him saunter off. They even gave him advice on where he might not want to go in order not to be arrested, but 3 days later he went there anyway.

Agree or disagree, society at the moment doesn't seem to want to see naked folk wandering around the streets "willy"-nilly. He knows this and is deliberately challenging folk/setting out to offend.

Does anyone on here really think that this is such a worthwhile cause that you'd give up any prospect of being with your own children?

give the guy a break..
people refusing to follow the common standard are what sets us apart
other than outraging public decency what has he done.. nothing.. stole nothing.. hurt nobody.. said nothing.. all he does is wear nothing..
sure he's taking the point further than most would be thats his choice.

hes not waving his tickle tackle at kids.. grandmas... or even smirking

perhaps if more people were more accepting and open minded to the differences between us all we might all live in a better place..

besides which its mid sept you can bet he wont be wanting to go very far naked at the mo.

A loin cloth to walk free, not much to ask of him is it? In my local town centre I have to wear a T-shirt, when in Rome... . It strikes me that the locals are pretty open-minded/accomodating/tolerant but he's being bloody-minded.

If you don't like wearing clothes then choose to live in a naturist village, [url= http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkim37_zone-interdite-cap-d-agde-1_news ]Link to Cap d'Agde which is on the limit of work safe[/url]if you are prudish in the extreme then I suggest Saudi.

Edukator - he has already been allowed to walk free, unclothed. He simply chose to take on society/the authorities again.

I reckon they will keep him locked up until 2015 and then deport him to England 🙂

In the end though he was jailed for a breach of the peace. Right or wrong I can think of loads if people who wouldn't want him walking past their kids naked. The police know this aswell, they also know someone might have more than a quite word with him. It seems they bent over backwards to prevent a BOTP but he refused to cooperate. Prison seems stupid, but how stupid would the authorites be if they had to lock someone up for assaulting him.

The guys clearly got a screw loose, the justice and prison system need to fire him over the border and let his native justice system deal with his mental issues. The fact he likes kicking about kids play areas with his knob out speaks volumes about him.

[i]The fact he likes kicking about kids play areas with his knob out speaks volumes about him.[/i]

The real actual fact is that you've chosen to make this up about him, and that speaks volumes about you.

The guys clearly got a screw loose

Yet he has cruised through every psych evaluation.

The fact he likes kicking about kids play areas with his knob out speaks volumes about him.

Reading Comprehension: D- 😀

Perhaps put the pitchfork down and actually read the thread?

The fact he likes kicking about kids play areas with his knob out speaks volumes about him.

I think he was probably flaccid though, so does that make him not a paedophile, or merely an impotent paedophile? Which volume is that in?

The former marine, from Eastleigh in Hampshire, was sentenced at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court, where he appeared naked in the dock.

Ha ha, that's funny. Core till the end.

sentenced at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court, where he appeared naked in the dock.

I've been to Kirkcaldy. That explains a lot. It's a random place.

A devilishly attractive and seemingly naturally bald(*) woman working in McD's asked me where I was from, as it appeared she'd never heard an English accent before. I told her and she replied, "oh, down south."

A Chinese bloke passed us in the street wearing a shockingly lurid pink puffa jacket. My mate Dave and I struggled to keep a straight face and avoid catching each other's eye for fear of losing it. As he passed, Dave said sotto voice, "bloody hell, it's Jacket Chan." I had to have a sit down.

Many, many more random events in the same vein. Odd place.

(* - on her head)

Not read all the posts, but I can't help wondering that he has got himself locked up again just as the weather starts to get chilly.....?

He's not as daft as some of us think.

Around my way we see a lot of naked female hikers. Shocking and the Police wont do anything about it. The officers simply reply that theyll observe the situation to ensure theres no breach of the peace. Simply disgusting.

The officers simply reply that theyll observe the situation

Can't say as I blame them.

Have you formed a one-man Neighbourhood Watch to observe them at close quarters hora?

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The fact he likes kicking about kids play areas with his knob out speaks volumes about him.

It really doesn't, mostly because that's not what he does.

Look; I realise that you take not only yourself but everything on the internet very seriously

As the owners of this forum keep reminding everyone, play nice or don't play at all. As I said - criticise the argument, not the poster. Or don't, but that's a pretty good way to demonstrate that you've already lost the argument.

You actually realise very little about me, but that's not the point.

And you don't actually(as usual,)have an argument I give a toss about.TBH I think they should let TJ back just for you to have somebody to play with.

So why bother at all then? Why negatively attack a poster if you have not a jot of care about what they say? Why not save your efforts for something more worthwhile in life, like cracking offensive jokes about male rape in prison, you like doing that don't you? 🙄

There have been a lot of wildlife camera traps set up round here lately, and apparently they have spotted a surprising amount of naked runners in the early hours.

Surprising. Right. They don't call them twitchers for nothing.

he wasn't 'hanging around' a kids playground though was he.
he was walking past one,
and not even that close.
now, for the people claiming that it is stupid, giving up your liberty to defend what you see is right, i ask you to consider our military personnel who are willing to give their lives for what WE think is right.
freedom is not free

And if you don't throw in your buck o'five, who will?

Seems like he was given three perfectly reasonable and understandable options to avoid what could have been a potentially nasty situation (some people could have mistaken the intentions of a man walking naked near a children's play area ?)

The police seemed to see that it could have been something that may have caused a problem and offered him a few alternatives, one of which was a lift past the area so he could carry on without potential issues.

He chose not to accept these, frankly perfectly reasonable, offers.

Seems a bit strange to me.

Yeah, personal freedom and all that.

But there does need to be a bit of common sense thrown in to the mix too sometimes surely !!

Yep when asked and given a reasonable alternative he refused. I also assume he was informed of the consequences.

Almost like a recent debate on the clearouts in here....

There is standing up for your rights, making a point and then there is being a prick about it.

There is standing up for your rights, making a point and then there is being a prick about it.

Avoiding making a fuss and backing down immediately is the best way to be heard.

I'm sure we'd still be having this exact thread if every time someone asked him to put some clothes on, he'd said [i]"Oh terribly sorry. Of course I will"[/i]

Yep when asked and given a reasonable alternative he refused. I also assume he was informed of the consequences.

It's the Critical Mass argument all over again, isn't it.

Avoiding making a fuss and backing down immediately is the best way to be heard.

Surely he would be reaching a reasonable compromise, rather than backing down ?

Then he could have carried on making whatever his point is, as I'm fairly sure that getting locked up for most of the last 6 years hasn't exactly made this point very effectively.

And what exactly is the point he is trying to make ? I'm genuinely not sure.

He seems to get described as an "activist" but I'm not really sure what his cause is.

I'm fairly sure that getting locked up for most of the last 6 years hasn't exactly made this point very effectively.

I think it has. We're talking about it right now.

And what exactly is the point he is trying to make ? I'm genuinely not sure.

Read his quote earlier. Or his website. Basically he believes there is nothing intrinsically wrong with being naked, that people are good and that having an in-built fear that we're not good, our own bodies should offend us and that we have to watch ourselves in case we let some kind of demon out is a pretty unhealthy way to be.

So he challenges that perception and the laws that uphold it.

Ultimately: the dude wants to be naked. The only harm he has ever caused is making a mockery of the law.

I'm fairly sure that getting locked up for most of the last 6 years hasn't exactly made this point very effectively.

I think it has. We're talking about it right now.

But you have just communicated his cause to me better than the notoriety he has gained from his time in prison has.

I've read a fair bit about him recently, but honestly didn't know what his cause was, simply that he was labelled an "activist"

So maybe, if he put some effort into staying out of prison, and communicating his message a bit better, he would get his message heard a bit more effectively ?

But you have just communicated his cause to me better than the notoriety he has gained from his time in prison has.

And I know what his cause is because...?

I've read a fair bit about him recently

Presumably not including [url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/mar/23/naked-rambler-prison ]The Guardian interview with him I posted earlier[/url] that outlined it pretty clearly. Or [url= http://www.nakedwalk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=32 ]his website[/url].

Interesting that society chooses to lock up a guy with no clothes who is identifiable and clearly not carrying bombs or weapons but allows people completely covered from head to foot in baggy atire with just a slit for their eyes into school playygrounds and anyone who objects will get arrested for racism.

So the questuon is, is he impressive flaccid?

A shower or a grower?

Interesting that society chooses to lock up a guy with no clothes who is identifiable and clearly not carrying bombs or weapons but allows people completely covered from head to foot in baggy atire with just a slit for their eyes into school playygrounds and anyone who objects will get arrested for racism.

That would be because making the unqualified connection between traditional Muslim dress and terrorism is racist, or at the very least xenophobic.

A church mouse?