Over the 16 months that I have been writing this weekly blog, I have had the opportunity to chat with a number of my readers as well as fellow naturists from around the world. Most of the conversations take for granted that we live in places that tolerate, albeit sometimes begrudgingly, our propensity to strip off and enjoy our nudity.
Even though the ability to run naked through the woods in my home country (the US) may not be legal in many parts of this vast place, I am fortunate that even if I am skirting the law, I do have a great deal more freedom to express myself than some of the other examples you write about. We all have to appreciate what we have, many others have so much less freedom to enjoy the pleasures of naturism.
Thank you very much for this nice article. It reveals as to how painstaking is for the naturists across many countries where in naturism is illegal. I am one of the unfortunates. What you have said is very correct & you must be very grateful to your society & the lawmakers...
On the one hand, the freedom of society consists of the freedoms of individuals. Including the freedom to be naked. On the other hand, the freedom of society is regulated and dosed by the power of this society, in accordance with the interests and goals of this power at a particular moment in history.
That is, the government determines and regulates the level of freedom of society from its own interests and, accordingly, the list of permissible freedoms of an individual.
Only when the government is interested in naturism, only then the freedom to be naked will become the right of the whole society.
Our laws are becoming MORE strict about nudity. Here in the United States especially. Things USED to be more open here, not totally accepting, but FAR better than they are now. The Northern European and Nordic countries used to be so much more sensible about nudity, but I am not aware of their current situation.
Even though the ability to run naked through the woods in my home country (the US) may not be legal in many parts of this vast place, I am fortunate that even if I am skirting the law, I do have a great deal more freedom to express myself than some of the other examples you write about. We all have to appreciate what we have, many others have so much less freedom to enjoy the pleasures of naturism.
Thank you very much for this nice article. It reveals as to how painstaking is for the naturists across many countries where in naturism is illegal. I am one of the unfortunates. What you have said is very correct & you must be very grateful to your society & the lawmakers...
On the one hand, the freedom of society consists of the freedoms of individuals. Including the freedom to be naked. On the other hand, the freedom of society is regulated and dosed by the power of this society, in accordance with the interests and goals of this power at a particular moment in history.
That is, the government determines and regulates the level of freedom of society from its own interests and, accordingly, the list of permissible freedoms of an individual.
Only when the government is interested in naturism, only then the freedom to be naked will become the right of the whole society.
Our laws are becoming MORE strict about nudity. Here in the United States especially. Things USED to be more open here, not totally accepting, but FAR better than they are now. The Northern European and Nordic countries used to be so much more sensible about nudity, but I am not aware of their current situation.