Don't put a sock it to them - nude bike riders told by police.

Hi,

It's now only a day away from Brisbane's debut performance in the World Naked Bike Ride, an event which has been around since 2004 to protest against oil dependency, environmental destruction, and promote broader community acceptance of public and social naturism and sustainable transport.

In December, I was charged by the nationwide organiser Marte Kinder for being the Brisbane organiser of the event after the last one had to pull out since he'd blown town.

Since the event was made known to the mainstream media, I have received more media attention in the last month than I've had hot dinners! With me riding a bike in the nude on the front cover of the Westside news and sparking off much community anger with mothers based in Kenmore and Pullenvale and Toowong trying to 'protect' their little-ones from a so-called horrible naked activist the momentum for the event has reached fever pitch.

The acting Sergeant of the Indooroopilly Police, Chris Peters, had been quoted in the media that the male riders had to wear a sock over their groin for the event but the women were allowed to ride nude as long as they didn't stand up in the saddle.

Now with a gymnophobic police escort in charge of the ride, there is only one directive they've issued: riders must now wear either a g-string or a pair of swimming shorts for the event or they will be arrested. The police officer was particularly concerned with the likes of fun-spoiling wowsers being offended as well as women and kids.

Like, what the fuck is wrong with the mentality of some people? Simple nudity is not a bad thing, nor should it be constituted a crime or an offence. If these types don't want to see naked people, then they shouldn't come to the event in the first place. Why should nudists have to suffer these miserable, pathetic excuses for human beings telling them what they can and can't do?

I told the officer that people in San Francisco and Europe have rode nude with no problem, and the only thing he could come back with was "yeah, but this is Brisbane". IOW, he was saying that this is a backward, gymnophobic town which is too lazy to learn about naturism and get in line with the rest of the world which has a much more tolerant, open and wholesome paradigm of the bodies that God gave us.

Despite all this, I am still going on the ride, but I'm not going to do it nude. I call upon nudists evcerywhere to fight the wowsers and self-made authoritarians tooth and nail over this issue. Nudity needs to be the choice of the individual, not mediocre old lawmakers who still haven't woken up from Nazi Germany or Queen Victoria's time. Declare your independence, and decree war on wowserism and compulsory textilism!! Nobody's going to be truly free until persecution of naturists and nudists comes to an end the world over.

Get with it, Brisvegas, or get over youselves. Nude ain't lewd!!

Don't put a sock it to them - nude bike riders told by police.

Hi,

It's now only a day away from Brisbane's debut performance in the World Naked Bike Ride, an event which has been around since 2004 to protest against oil dependency, environmental destruction, and promote broader community acceptance of public and social naturism and sustainable transport.

In December, I was charged by the nationwide organiser Marte Kinder for being the Brisbane organiser of the event after the last one had to pull out since he'd blown town.

Since the event was made known to the mainstream media, I have received more media attention in the last month than I've had hot dinners! With me riding a bike in the nude on the front cover of the Westside news and sparking off much community anger with mothers based in Kenmore and Pullenvale and Toowong trying to 'protect' their little-ones from a so-called horrible naked activist the momentum for the event has reached fever pitch.

The acting Sergeant of the Indooroopilly Police, Chris Peters, had been quoted in the media that the male riders had to wear a sock over their groin for the event but the women were allowed to ride nude as long as they didn't stand up in the saddle.

Now with a gymnophobic police escort in charge of the ride, there is only one directive they've issued: riders must now wear either a g-string or a pair of swimming shorts for the event or they will be arrested. The police officer was particularly concerned with the likes of fun-spoiling wowsers being offended as well as women and kids.

Like, what the fuck is wrong with the mentality of some people? Simple nudity is not a bad thing, nor should it be constituted a crime or an offence. If these types don't want to see naked people, then they shouldn't come to the event in the first place. Why should nudists have to suffer these miserable, pathetic excuses for human beings telling them what they can and can't do?

I told the officer that people in San Francisco and Europe have rode nude with no problem, and the only thing he could come back with was "yeah, but this is Brisbane". IOW, he was saying that this is a backward, gymnophobic town which is too lazy to learn about naturism and get in line with the rest of the world which has a much more tolerant, open and wholesome paradigm of the bodies that God gave us.

Despite all this, I am still going on the ride, but I'm not going to do it nude. I call upon nudists evcerywhere to fight the wowsers and self-made authoritarians tooth and nail over this issue. Nudity needs to be the choice of the individual, not mediocre old lawmakers who still haven't woken up from Nazi Germany or Queen Victoria's time. Declare your independence, and decree war on wowserism and compulsory textilism!! Nobody's going to be truly free until persecution of naturists and nudists comes to an end the world over.

Get with it, Brisvegas, or get over youselves. Nude ain't lewd!!