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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 20 2006, 12:25 PM (312 Views) | |
| pianojerome | Mar 20 2006, 12:25 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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This was published in 2000: (Barnet & Stubbs, The Practical Guide to Writing, 245) It happens that on the day we are writing these pages, the newspaper includes an account of Andrew Martinez, "The Naked Guy," a junior at the University of California, Berkeley, who strolls the campus naked except for his peace-sign, shoes and socks (and on cold days a sweatshirt), eats naked in the dining hall, and attends class naked. Campus police arrested The Naked Guy, but the state of California refused to prosecute him because nudity without "lewd behavior" is not illegal. The university then passed a ban on campus nudity, addressed specifically at Martinez, and suspended him. He hopes to take the matter to the courts. The university's arguments include the charge that his behavior constitutes sexual harassment of women and creates intolerable conditions for students in the "workplace." On the other hand, Martinez says that clothing is part of a middle-class, body-hating, repressive, consumerist society. Can one make a reasonable case for nudism? Can one make a reasonable case against nudism? |
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| big al | Mar 20 2006, 12:55 PM Post #2 |
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Bull-Carp
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Reasonable case for nudism - 85 deg. F at the beach with some shade. Reasonable case against nudism - minus 20 deg. F in a snowdrift with a 40 MPH wind. Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| ***musical princess*** | Mar 20 2006, 01:13 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Reasonable case for nudism? Hot guys walking around with no clothes on! Need i say more? x |
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| Dewey | Mar 20 2006, 02:08 PM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Reasonable case against nudism? Me walking around without any clothes on. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| dolmansaxlil | Mar 20 2006, 02:52 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Ditto. |
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"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson My Flickr Photostream | |
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| ***musical princess*** | Mar 20 2006, 02:54 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Don't be silly Dol! You are gorgeous! I bet the guys on here would jump at the chance for you to indulge in nudist behaviour! ( pigs! )x |
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| dolmansaxlil | Mar 21 2006, 04:48 AM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Thanks, MP, but my stand on it is that I look a lot better clothed than naked. Having a kidlet is not kind to the female body ![]() However, the one person whose opinion actually matters to me seems to be well pleased, so that's all that matters.
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"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson My Flickr Photostream | |
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| ivorythumper | Mar 21 2006, 09:28 AM Post #8 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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That is one of the worst pieces of professional writing that I have ever read. Ironic that it comes from The Practical Guide to Writing -- is this an example of what NOT to do? |
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