Naked Rambler Case Dropped

[Gonzalez]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3022784.stm

A man arrested as he began a naked ramble walked free from court - after being told he did not
commit a crime. Steve Gough, 44, was seized on 17 June while being interviewed by a television crew
near St Ives in Cornwall as he tried to walk between Land's End and John O'Groats. Mr Gough, from
Eastleigh, Hampshire, was charged with behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace and bailed to
appear before Truro Magistrates' Court. But Simon Jones, prosecuting, asked for the case to be
withdrawn because Mr Gough - who did not appear in court - had not committed a criminal offence. Mr
Gough planned to undertake the 847-mile trek dressed only in a hat, socks, boots and a rucksack to
publicise his campaign for a change in the laws on nudity. Earlier this year, bosses at BBC South
were forced to call off a radio interview between veteran DJ John Peel and Mr Gough when the nude
rights campaigner refused to cover up. Father-of-two Mr Gough had cycled five miles to the BBC
offices in Southampton from his home in Eastleigh dressed in nothing but open-toed sandals.
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[Simon Mason]

"Gonzalez" <[email protected]> wrote in message . Mr Gough planned to
> undertake the 847-mile trek dressed only in a hat, socks, boots and a rucksack to publicise his
> campaign for a change in the laws on nudity.

I suppose it depends where he wore the sock.

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[The Reid]

Following up to Gonzalez

>
>A man arrested as he began a naked ramble walked free from court - after being told he did not
>commit a crime.

good luck to him. Why should it be a crime to not wear clothes?
--
Mike Reid "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso Wasdale, landscape photos, London & the
Thames path "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" Spain, food and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" (see
web for email)

 

[Geraint Jones]

[email protected] wrote: ( Father-of-two Mr Gough had ) cycled five miles to the BBC
offices in Southampton from his home in ( Eastleigh ...

Oh, good; not exactly off-topic then. Is this an entry for the longest commute?

 

[Just Zis Guy]

"The Reid" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> good luck to him. Why should it be a crime to not wear clothes?

Which is the greater crime against good taste: naked middle-aged men or bibshorts?

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[Colin Blackburn]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> [email protected] wrote: ( Father-of-two Mr Gough had ) cycled five miles to the BBC
> offices in Southampton from his home in ( Eastleigh ...
>
> Oh, good; not exactly off-topic then. Is this an entry for the longest commute?

Possibly the most dangerous. Imagine the road rash if he'd come off!

Colin

 

[Geraint Jones]

Colin Blackburn <[email protected]> wrote: (
[email protected] says... ) > [email protected] wrote: ( > (
Father-of-two Mr Gough had ) > ) cycled five miles to the BBC offices in Southampton from his home
in ( > ( Eastleigh ... ) > ( > Oh, good; not exactly off-topic then. Is this an entry for ) > the
longest commute? ( ) Possibly the most dangerous. Imagine the road rash if he'd come off!

Indeed. Perhaps we should recommend this as a safety measure. For historical reasons I ride in
gloves even in the depths of summer, and I find that I go much slower if I try to ride without
gloves. It feels much more exposed, somehow, to have bare flesh out at the front of the bike: I
suspect it is a fear of stripping the thin layer of meat off the top of all those tendons that work
the fingers. How much greater must be the effect of having that much more of one exposed. I wonder
whether mdg pilots would reduce their speeds if obliged to travel in the altogether.

 

[Colin Blackburn]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...

> For historical reasons I ride in gloves even in the depths of summer, and I find that I go much
> slower if I try to ride without gloves. It feels much more exposed, somehow, to have bare flesh
> out at the front of the bike: I suspect it is a fear of stripping the thin layer of meat off the
> top of all those tendons that work the fingers. How much greater must be the effect of having that
> much more of one exposed. I wonder whether mdg pilots would reduce their speeds if obliged to
> travel in the altogether.

Not unless they were forced to use sand-paper seat covers as well.

Colin

 

[Gordon]

Gonzalez <[email protected]> wrote
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3022784.stm
>
>A man arrested as he began a naked ramble walked free from court - after being told he did not
>commit a crime. Steve Gough, 44, was seized on 17 June while being interviewed by a television crew
>near St Ives in Cornwall as he tried to walk between Land's End and John O'Groats. Mr Gough, from
>Eastleigh, Hampshire, was charged with behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace and bailed
>to appear before Truro Magistrates' Court. But Simon Jones, prosecuting, asked for the case to be
>withdrawn because Mr Gough - who did not appear in court - had not committed a criminal offence. Mr
>Gough planned to undertake the 847-mile trek dressed only in a hat, socks, boots and a rucksack to
>publicise his campaign for a change in the laws on nudity. Earlier this year, bosses at BBC South
>were forced to call off a radio interview between veteran DJ John Peel and Mr Gough when the nude
>rights campaigner refused to cover up. Father-of-two Mr Gough had cycled five miles to the BBC
>offices in Southampton from his home in Eastleigh dressed in nothing but open-toed sandals.
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I'm all in favour of freedom, so long as it isn't made compulsory - think of the nettles, brambles.

We met a guy from Yorkshire on a beach in Ibiza who admitted to roaming the moors nekkid. Completely
harmless nutter, but he said he was 'known to the police' because of his habit.

To get to the beach he had a 90 minute brisk walk over a headland which was quite exposed in places,
so much so that he never met anybody en route.
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Gordon

 

[Geraint Jones]

Colin Blackburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not unless they were forced to use sand-paper seat covers as well.

That's not the first kinky post to urc in recent days. Is it the hot weather?

 

[Pete Bentley]

Gonzalez <[email protected]> wrote:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3022784.stm Earlier this year, bosses at BBC South were forced
>to call off a radio interview between veteran DJ John Peel and Mr Gough when the nude rights
>campaigner refused to cover up.

If it was radio, why would they care?

Pete.

 

[The Reid]

Following up to Just zis Guy, you know?

>> good luck to him. Why should it be a crime to not wear clothes?

>Which is the greater crime against good taste: naked middle-aged men or bibshorts?

I don't know, but neither should be a crime as "causing offence" should never be justification for
prosecution or censorship. We do unfortunately still have laws that do this in areas like blasphemy
and nudity. IMHO crimes must have victims who are actually harmed, not just scandalised. (there are
of course laws like "speeding" in which no harm is committed but it is judged to be a high risk of
potential harm being caused above an arbitrary limit.

Then there is trespass to get back on topic.
--
Mike Reid "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso Wasdale, landscape photos, London & the
Thames path "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" Spain, food and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" (see
web for email)

 

[Just Zis Guy]

"Pete Bentley" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Gonzalez <[email protected]> wrote:

> >Earlier this year, bosses at BBC South were forced to call off a radio interview between veteran
> >DJ John Peel and Mr Gough when the nude rights campaigner refused to cover up.

> If it was radio, why would they care?

Maybe John refused to Peel.

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Guy
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[Mp]

"Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Gonzalez <[email protected]> wrote
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3022784.stm
> >
> >A man arrested as he began a naked ramble walked free from court - after being told he did not
> >commit a crime. Steve Gough, 44, was seized on 17 June while being interviewed by a television
> >crew near St Ives in Cornwall as he tried to walk between Land's End and John O'Groats. Mr Gough,
> >from Eastleigh, Hampshire, was charged with behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace and
> >bailed to appear before Truro Magistrates' Court. But Simon Jones, prosecuting, asked for the
> >case to be withdrawn because Mr Gough - who did not appear in court - had not committed a
> >criminal offence. Mr Gough planned to undertake the 847-mile trek dressed only in a hat, socks,
> >boots and a rucksack to publicise his campaign for a change in the laws on nudity. Earlier this
> >year, bosses at BBC South were forced to call off a radio interview between veteran DJ John Peel
> >and Mr Gough when the nude rights campaigner refused to cover up. Father-of-two Mr Gough had
> >cycled five miles to the BBC offices in Southampton from his home in Eastleigh dressed in nothing
> >but open-toed sandals.
> >--
> >remove remove to reply
>
> I'm all in favour of freedom, so long as it isn't made compulsory - think of the nettles,
> brambles.
>
> We met a guy from Yorkshire on a beach in Ibiza who admitted to roaming the moors nekkid.
> Completely harmless nutter, but he said he was 'known to the police' because of his habit.
>
> To get to the beach he had a 90 minute brisk walk over a headland which was quite exposed in
> places, so much so that he never met anybody en route.
> --
> Gordon

Let me start by saying I have nothing at all against nudists, in fact it appears a very healthy life
stile. But what about a woman walking alone when a man appears from nowhere naked, not sure she
would think it harmless, and

get away with flashing at unsuspecting people especially kids. Let's keep it sensible ah!

MP.

 

[The Reid]

Following up to Just zis Guy, you know?

> veteran DJ John Peel and Mr Gough when the nude
>> >rights campaigner refused to cover up.

>> If it was radio, why would they care?

>Maybe John refused to Peel.

Is John Peel still a DJ, I thought he was a general purpose radio presenter now, Saturday mornings
on R4 for instance. I would have thought such eccentricity would be just his cup of tea.
--
Mike Reid "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso Wasdale, landscape photos, London & the
Thames path "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" Spain, food and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" (see
web for email)

 

[Colin Blackburn]

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> Following up to Just zis Guy, you know?
>
> > veteran DJ John Peel and Mr Gough when the nude
> >> >rights campaigner refused to cover up.
>
> >> If it was radio, why would they care?
>
> >Maybe John refused to Peel.
>
> Is John Peel still a DJ, I thought he was a general purpose radio presenter now, Saturday mornings
> on R4 for instance.

He is still a Radio 1 and World Service DJ as well as being a presenter.

> I would have thought such eccentricity would be just his cup of tea.

He records the programme in London, such interviews are done remotely. I guess it was the staff at
the Southampton studios who objected rather than John Peel himself.

Colin

 

[The Reid]

Following up to MP

>Let me start by saying I have nothing at all against nudists, in fact it appears a very healthy
>life stile. But what about a woman walking alone when a man appears from nowhere naked, not sure
>she would think it harmless, and

>get away with flashing at unsuspecting people especially kids. Let's keep it sensible ah!

If nudity and naturists were commonplace rather than taboo no one would be alarmed by a naked
person, flashing probably would not exist

way from this position in UK with our hang ups about such things.
--
Mike Reid "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso Wasdale, landscape photos, London & the
Thames path "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" Spain, food and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" (see
web for email)

 

[Colin Blackburn]

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> Following up to MP
>
> >Let me start by saying I have nothing at all against nudists, in fact it appears a very healthy
> >life stile. But what about a woman walking alone when a man appears from nowhere naked, not sure
> >she would think it harmless, and

> >get away with flashing at unsuspecting people especially kids. Let's keep it sensible ah!
>
> If nudity and naturists were commonplace rather than taboo no one would be alarmed by a naked
> person, flashing probably would not exist

constitutes most incidents of flashing not simple nudity.

Colin

 

[David E. Belche]

Gonzalez <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
>
> Earlier this year, bosses at BBC South were forced to call off a radio interview between veteran
> DJ John Peel and Mr Gough when the nude rights campaigner refused to cover up.

Hmm. How on earth would anyone be able to tell if he was nude or not, seeing as it was a
*radio* show? ;-)

David E. Belcher

Dept. of Chemistry, University of York

 

[David E. Belche]

The Reid <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> Following up to Gonzalez
>
> >
> >A man arrested as he began a naked ramble walked free from court - after being told he did not
> >commit a crime.
>
> good luck to him. Why should it be a crime to not wear clothes?

And in some cases, it's the wearing of clothes that ought to be a crime. But enough about Laurence
Llewellyn-Bowen's suits....

David E. Belcher

Dept. of Chemistry, University of York