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The Naked Truth

Oh, everyone's got themselves in a tiz because some Scottish dude has been waltzing around Edinburgh in the raw.

A man attempting to walk the length of Britain in the nude was jailed overnight for two weeks for his antics by an Edinburgh court.
So-called "naked rambler" Stephen Gough, 46, was arrested south of the Scottish capital on September 1 during his second attempt to walk the length of Britain with nothing to cover his modesty.

Gough, from Bournemouth on the southern English coast, was naked in court as sheriff Kenneth MacIver found him guilty of a breach of the peace.

He told Gough: "I have no doubt in my mind that walking naked through a Scottish town and along a busy road is not something which the Scottish public should be expected to deal with."

He said he thought individuals were likely to be "upset, alarmed or offended" by his antics.

Fair enough we all say. But what is to be made from comments like this:

In court, postman William Lister, 21, said he felt "pretty alarmed" and "pretty shocked" when he saw Gough and his girlfriend in the village of Roslin.

He saw the naked duo a short distance away from an elderly woman and her grandchild.

"I was concerned for the child, a child seeing nudity," Lister said.

"It's not something you see everyday - it's shocking."

What? Don't these people shower or something?

(Ok, yes, I know they're British and everything...)

However, I'm pretty sure most people get to see themselves in their naked glory at least once every day.

Or we should goddamn hope so....

Posted by Quentin George at September 11, 2005 06:33 PM