Posted on 10/29/2014 10:44:49 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
Strasbourg has denied a British man’s request to have public nudity declared a human right. The court has ruled that UK authorites have the power to repeatedly arrest "Naked Rambler" Stephen Gough.
On Tuesday, Europe's high court in Strasbourg ruled that Stephen Gough's legal woes had come about as the result of conduct that could prove "alarming and morally and otherwise offensive" to others, rather than through repression by UK authorities. Gough, a 55-year-old former Royal Marine nicknamed the "Naked Rambler," has twice walked the length of Britain nude to protest laws requiring the wearing of clothes. His activism has frequently been interrupted - by more than 30 arrests, court appearances and jail time.
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Is that anything like a Nash Rambler? O/T- Been to Strasbourg, it’s in the Alsace. lovely town, beautiful cathedral.
CC
My neighbor,who's about 80,was born and raised there and lived in France until she married a US serviceman.She speaks English,French,German and a local mixture (can't recall what she calls it) fluently but she has a rather strong German accent.She says that she's been mistaken for a German even in France.
CC
Isn’t UK a wee bit cold for this activity?
A wee bit?.....
It’s always some dude wanting to expose himself.
Nah, it’s the perfect choice. You can walk the length of England without needing sunscreen.
Send him to Saudi Arabia.
He can work on his tan.
don’t arrest him, just make it legal to beat him to a pulp
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