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Is a naked man really that offensive.

Only when rotating their hips.

I disagree. It's perfectly acceptable if you're somewhere private. But try to avoid it in public

Why?

There is no law against being naked in public (there is in Scotland but not the rest of the UK)

Lots of people bang on about 'offense taken' and how it is bullshit- to me this is the same.

The only considerations I think there should be regarding this are practicalities like not sitting on communal chairs with his bare batty and the like.

The naturist community don't support Gough's actions.

What of it? He doesn't need their approval to strut his stuff.

I think you've misunderstood the context of my comment.

I'm not particularly bothered about naked people in public.

^

Best birthday ever, you say?

Btw, thanks for responding to my email cock penis.

Thinking of going South this eve because I have not expectations of any of you cunts actually riding your bikes North. And I want free beers.

you know us so well!

also, in.

classic me!

What of it? He doesn't need their approval to strut his stuff.

Well no, of course he doesn't.

But not supporting him in his stuff strutting is not necessarily the domain and preserve of prudes - the inference from @emyr's post being that disapproval was prudish.

This is not the behaviour of a rational person.

There are, broadly speaking, two kinds of campaigners. There are those who campaign in such a way that brings about gradual, subtle change step by step, and then there are those who want to bang their heads against walls, demand the impossible, create a stir, to try to bring about strong, dramatic change, not necessarily revolutions but nonetheless a rapid transformation. The latter attract a lot of attention but they always fail, because they don't take the general public with them. The former tend to be successful but their success tends to be noticed less. In a sense, you need both. Steve Gough is one of the former. He is clearly obsessed, but oddly enough, obsession and rationality are often perfect twins, and I wouldn't necessarily call him 'not rational' for his obsession. Certainly a very interesting case.

I disagree. It's perfectly acceptable if you're somewhere private. But try to avoid it in public.

That's a bit rich coming from a Canudian.

The naturist community don't support Gough's actions.

I bet it's just naked jealousy. :)

Well, he certainly has his supporters. I don't know if they come from 'the naturist community' but I can certainly understand that your common-or-garden naturist will think that he's just bringing naturism into disrepute.

Certainly a very interesting case.

Would you like to examine his briefs?

He also explained that the comment about him being shot caused particular upset, because as a former Grenadier Guard, who served in Northern Ireland, he had been involved in an operation during which one of his friends had been murdered by an IRA sniper.

so you use his dead memory to score points against someone you lost an argument with on twatters. cock.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11154288/Police-investigate-alleged-death-threat-from-cycling-journalist.html

Andrew Critchlow, what a snivelling little cunt you are.

Best comment from the linked original article

We the cyclists should be able to carry guns, then because we saw another motorists flouting the law we can then shoot another car driver. To encourage the others

Priceless.

My friend Danny Blinco was shot dead in street by the IRA in an operation I was involved in.

He really couldn't have formulated this one any more misleadingly, could he?

As I always recommend, just develop a thick skin to the various anti-cycling articles that come along. Reactions such as John Stevenson's is exactly what otherwise obscure bloggers want to attract attention.

Exactly why I joined the old bill.

Well, sadly the Old Bill is hardly posting these days. :(

http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/psychic-sally-morgans-revelations-about-dead-cyclist-upset-girlfriend-9788473.html

One saddening aspect of the naked rambler story is how little he gets to see his family.

Compared to how much of him they get to see.

Critchlow looks for sympathy from Torygraph readers:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/11156999/Why-I-reported-a-troll-on-Twitter-or-in-the-pub-threats-are-never-OK.html

Doesn't get any.

what an irredeemable, pompous, whining tit.

can't help but wonder of the brass at the cuntygraph gave him the rope to hang himself. with any luck he'll get nicked for wasting police time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11157074/Backpacker-had-3-inch-long-leech-living-up-her-nose.html?fb

Armed police in seven hour standoff with...cows?

Only in Norfolk.