Naked man arrested for causing 'an alarm'

[nimrod]

Agreed - the matter we've been discussing though, concerns how to expand the places where it's accepted. We have different opinions as to how it should be done. The ultimate "opinion shaper", I think, is money. If a community can somehow be convinced that having nude-friendly, nude-permitted areas, will bring in more money and generate more tax revenue, it's an easier sell. If not, the sensitivities of people living in a community would be followed. It's a political necessity and reality. If the majority of a community's residents don't want nudity, no pol is going to allow something they don't like.

We are not that far off, I agree that money can change many minds, but it is not a cure all and its target is usually those in power, mayor or city council, it can miss with the "common" people.

Privately, many people DON'T object. Many neighbors don't mind their neighbors' backyard nudity -- but, that's "on an individual basis" situation.

The "negative" is realism. Negative reactions in people who object to nudity can cause negative reactions toward nudists. As far as toplessness being an equal rights issue - I agree fully.

Negativity is part of the equation, not the whole. As you stated, it is on an individual basis. The problems arise because people believe that they should be offended when nudity is in a public area. A backyard, not a problem, frontyard, some of the people who do not have a problem with the backyard will call the police.

Well - a few things here. The Beaverton situation was apparently NOT well thought out, but I can't get into the head of the guy who was stopped. The Brattleboro situation was - people apparently traveled to that town for the express purpose of being nude on the town's streets.

I do not know, but I think the guy in Beaverton really thought that nudity was okay because of the events that allowed public nudity. Not smart but I can forgive him if that is the case, no harm was done.

It was those people traveling to Bratteboro for the specific purpose of being nude downtown that almost screwed it up for the people in the town. If it were just the people who lived there, no ban would have been attempted.

[Naturist Mark]

Maybe the solution to the problem of people being alarmed by harmless nudity is not to eliminate nudity, but to teach them not to be alarmed. Perhaps therapy. Or electroshock?

[NudonyII]

Maybe the solution to the problem of people being alarmed by harmless nudity is not to eliminate nudity, but to teach them not to be alarmed. Perhaps therapy. Or electroshock?

LOL! Remember A Clockwork Orange? Perhaps six to eight continuous hours of nudist docs and movies!

[FoUTASportscaster]

I KNOW, his casual nudity could have caused a massacre!

I love Mark. He's the type of guy that all the forums want and all the forum posters want to be like.