Free Naked Rambler Stephen Gough now- 10 yrs in prison for refusing to put clothes on is a travesty
A campaign to free this man who has been held in prison, in solitary confinement, almost continuously since 2006. The Police arrest for "Breach of Peace"- he is taken to Court and he states it is his right to be nude (there is no law that states you cannot be nude)- the Court say he is in contempt of Court and sentence him to maximum penalty. He is released, he comes out naked and the police wait outside to arrest him, he goes back to Court, who find him in contempt etc etc....This madness needs to be stopped. At £40,000 a year plus it is complete a waste of tax payers money. But most importantly there is no law that says he can't be nude.
Rachael King
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Roy
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I have followed Steve's activities from his first solo walk until now.
Pity he can't squash his principles for long enough to get back across the border and join us again.
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BRENDA JONES
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IF HE HAS NOT BROKEN THE LAW WHY IS HE STILL IN PRISON?
MAD MAD WORLD! -
Augustus Stephens
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A man has the right to pursue happiness in any way if he harms no-one. Being naked harms no-one.
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Marc Chaudemanche (France)
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Je ne mettrais pas les pieds en Écosse tant qu'il ne sera pas libéré et j'encourage mes connaissances à faire de même. Je n'imaginais pas le pays qui a vu naître l'Ardbeg aussi arriéré.
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Phil Green
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Since when has a naked body been offensive? It's what you do with it which can be deemed offensive... If your intension is to harass, alarm or distress, then an offence is being committed. People who smoke could cause distress to anyone who has lost a loved one to smoking related illness.. Smoking is not against the law... No one has ever died as a result of someone being naked..
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Mellissa
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@Expat "These terms are defined by the prevailing values and sensibilities of the society as a whole - that includes people of all ages, all religions and so on." This is not what has happened in convicting Stephen of breach of the peace. Show me the evidence that the prevailing values and sensibilities of society as a whole include the locking up, and massive public expense, of this man, because as far as I'm aware there has been no public vote on it. The convictions and specifics of the case remain within the court domain, and I've read somewhere that there was no jury involved for subjectivity in at least one of them. Neither has there been any proof that seeing someone naked causes harm or distress (show me a scientific unbias study, because I can't find one). So the convictions are based on one persons opinion that it might cause harm and distress in the specific situation. Societal norms are just that - norms. Those outside of 2 sigma deviations from the norm should not be locked away based on the **opinion** of one other person of what is potentially harmful, because that's a very dangerous situation, as proven by the history books.
Free him now, or prove how the convictions were impartial from personal belief and in the public benefit, i.e. worth the money.
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Baron Cabbagehead
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Free him now!!
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Michael Robbins
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Police, magistrates, etc - please stop wasting our taxpayers' money on this absurd witch hunt.
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David Cooper
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Thanks for clarifying that - you're absolutely right.
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Jane
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Sorry not to have made myself clearer. Of course he should be freed. OUr money should be spent on more serious issues.
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David Cooper
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A man has spent five years in prison for nothing, and you glibly say we have more important matters to sort! (Unless I'm reading your comment the wrong way.) Yes, of course there are more important matters in a world where millions of people regularly starve to death, but that doesn't make this issue any less important than it is. If we don't stand up for everyone who's being abused by a mindless system, we lose our humanity.
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Jane
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Let's stop messing around. We have more important matters to sort!!!!
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Mark Mackworth-Praed
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Hoping these votes will make a difference and bring this travesty of justice to a speedy end
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Rob Jordan
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A shocking waste of resources and imposition on liberty.
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Sophy White
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This guy is a modern day hero. He needs to know of our respect and support.
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Torchwood Bude commented
I support Stephen Gough 100% it should be a matter of personal choice if you put clothes on or not, the people who have a problem with the human body are the ones who need to change their attitude.
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Amber Humphreys
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I'm offended by girls walking drunk and being sick all over the place, and I'm offended by the constant waste of our public money on crackpot schemes that waste billions, like the most recent computer system debacle. I am NOT offended by a man going about his life in the nude. their are only two sexes on the planet, so roughly half already can't be offended, the other half can look the other way if they have a problem
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paul stokes
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I fully support Stephen Gough in exercising his rights to not put clothes on, other animals don't have to wear clothes so if a human chooses to not wear clothes the rest of us need to get over it. Whats next, will it soon be illegal to whistle on tuesdays?
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Paul Gubbings
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Should we all, each donate a couple of barrels of oil to get this man released? It seems to have worked in Scotland before. Perhaps not this time. After all, campaigning for civil liberty and human rights is far more of a threat to government than murder of it's people. It's my opinion, the law in this case is an ass, and should be prosecuted for wasting public money.
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Jack Jones
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I'm offended by some tee-shirts, dogs pooing in public, people using the streets as their dustbin, and throwing-up drunk. But more than anything else, I'm offended that you can throw someone in prison because you are intolerant, and they offend your sensibilities. Never in the history of mankind has the sight of nudity harmed anyone.
