Sunday, September 6, 2009

Nudity is Not a Crime - Not in England nor Wales

A BBC article explains the law as it pertains to nudity in the UK.

England and Wales are cool, but Scotland has it in for the dicky-waivers.

Justin Holwell stripped off in London’s Trafalgar Square and was not arrested, even when police were called in.

Now, if he’d have gone nude simply to piss people off, he might well be incarcerated.

It’s a fine line between a good time and causing “alarm or distress.”

Here in the U.S., you could be busting a kidney, but taking a wee in public would likely see you hauled off to the hoosegow. We’re a very uptight nation.

That’s just one more reason I’d like to move across the pond. Because I like the idea of stripping off in front of Buckingham Palace. And even though I would never do it, it’s nice to know I could, and probably avoid jail-time.

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | When does public nakedness become a crime?

Naked Man at Trafalgar Square

Urinals in the middle of the sidewalk in London. Ingerland, Ingerland, Ingerland.

London Pop Up Urinals - Sorry Girls

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