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Spanish high court rules in favor of man's right to walk the streets naked
Not The Bee ^ | Jessica Swietoniowski · · Feb 10, 2023

Posted on 02/10/2023 8:16:18 AM PST by Red Badger

Alejandro Colomar, 29, was in taking a stroll in the town of Aldaia, which is on the outskirts of the capital region of Valencia, (BUTT NAKED) minding his own business.

His day was rudely interrupted when he was handed a fine.

Reuters reports:

In a statement, the region's high court said it had struck down an appeal against a lower court decision to annul fines handed out to the man for being naked in the streets of Aldaia, a town on the outskirts of the regional capital.

The court backed him but acknowledged a "legal vacuum" in Spanish law regarding public nudity.

On the day of his trial, Colomar was filmed arriving at court in his birthday suit. Yep. This guy showed up to court wearing nothing but hiking boots.

That's quite the look...

When he tried to enter a building, out of nowhere, he was stopped and ordered to put on clothes.

During his trial, he argued that the fines infringed on his right to ideological freedom.

Colomar told Reuters that he started baring it all in 2020 and actually received more support than insults while walking about naked – but there was that one time he was threatened with a knife.

He told Reuters:

The fine doesn't make any sense. They accused me of obscene exhibitionism. According to the dictionary, that implies sexual intent and (that) has nothing to do with what I was doing.

It may be a surprise (or maybe not if you've visited Spain before 🙈), but public nudity has been legal in Spain since 1988. You can walk down the street naked without being arrested.

BUT some regions (with some common sense and decency), like Valladolid and Barcelona, have made their own laws to regulate nudism, especially away from the beach.

The court noted that the town of Aldaia has no law prohibiting nudism.

The Valencia court ruled Colomar had "limited himself to remaining or circulating naked at different times in two different streets of Aldaia," and his behavior did not imply an "alteration of citizen security, tranquility or public order."

I just don't know about this one...

I am all for the freedom of ideology and expression and all, but no one wants to see that.

If you want to be free and let it all hang out, maybe you could just do it on your own property... out of my eye line, please.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Society; Travel
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Well, I've never been to Spain........................
1 posted on 02/10/2023 8:16:18 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Seems that they’ve got a crazy versus normal problem there too.


2 posted on 02/10/2023 8:19:28 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Red Badger

My Mom: “Okay. Then we should be able to rate him.”


3 posted on 02/10/2023 8:20:57 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Red Badger

No pictures please


4 posted on 02/10/2023 8:21:00 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: BenLurkin

Well, it is on the Riviera, so I’d expect this kind of thing..................


5 posted on 02/10/2023 8:21:14 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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"...circulating naked..."

That sentence... I... I just have no more words.

6 posted on 02/10/2023 8:25:14 AM PST by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Red Badger

Lack of evidence


7 posted on 02/10/2023 8:25:40 AM PST by 1956tbyrd
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To: Red Badger

I posted on his court appearance, which he went to wile nude:

“Nudist summoned to court for walking down street with todger out arrives naked”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4097864/posts

It’s really strange the government forgot to make public nudity laws.

But since they didn’t I guess he can go about naked.


8 posted on 02/10/2023 8:27:23 AM PST by packagingguy
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This guy showed up to court wearing nothing but hiking boots.

Gotta protect those feet. Very important!

9 posted on 02/10/2023 8:27:41 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: alancarp

Well, he wasn’t gesticulating..................


10 posted on 02/10/2023 8:28:01 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Let It All Hang Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRIr1PPz2uM


11 posted on 02/10/2023 8:28:33 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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It’s really strange the government forgot to make public nudity laws.

Nobody thought they were necessary until now........................

12 posted on 02/10/2023 8:29:29 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
I cannot figure out why common sense and decency have evaporated from western civilization.
13 posted on 02/10/2023 8:30:12 AM PST by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: dfwgator

14 posted on 02/10/2023 8:30:27 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Vision

Because Satan runs things as he is prince of the air- for now anyways. There will be a day of reckoning by God himself though. But for whatever reason, God is allowing the insanity and immorality to take over in nations - for now.


15 posted on 02/10/2023 8:34:09 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Red Badger

If everyone was naked he would want to wear clothes ,LOL


16 posted on 02/10/2023 8:35:37 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Red Badger

Saw a funny YouTube short video. These two girls checking out this guys bulge, one girl says “your wife is lucky she has you”, he says, “yea, she says I have a great personality”, the other girl says, “I bet you do.”


17 posted on 02/10/2023 8:36:19 AM PST by Jolla
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To: Red Badger

Lady Godiva’s mate, w/o a horse.
He sold it but apparently purchased food rather than
apparel.
Our choices: normal/crazy


18 posted on 02/10/2023 8:44:00 AM PST by V K Lee (Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistance by very wise men. A document unlike any other.)
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To: Red Badger

Oh, why the heck not. Most of the population today is devolving into little more that spam anyway.


19 posted on 02/10/2023 8:44:14 AM PST by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: packagingguy

It’s really strange the government forgot to make public nudity laws.

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That suggests people almost never went out naked.


20 posted on 02/10/2023 8:59:13 AM PST by TTFX
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