Unfortunately, no such sentiment exists in our society any more.
The ultra Libertines not only want total liberty without responsibility, they want to make sure THEIR "liberty" is right in your face.
It's childish, but what did you expect?
They have NO problem forcing me or my family to consume their version of morality. It is beyond frustrating.
Just for your information, I am the artist spoken of in this article. The bus stop was over 100 yards from the front window of my shop, which sat back from the road over 50 feet, so no school children had this artwork right in their faces, but they would have to go way out of their way to see it (which they did AFTER all the complaining and articles in the paper and all, whereas none had before). Furthermore, there are nude public sculptures on display in the park less than 10 miles away for all to see, with no complaint from anyone, not to mention the nudes in every public art museum and gallery on the planet, including all the ones frequented by school children on field trips. It was all much to do about nothing, created by a bunch of right wing yokels like yourself.