Irony of Naked Rambler advertising clothes!
This page is necessary because Steve Gough (commonly known as The Naked Rambler) and his supporters have hijacked the campaign name The Freedom To Be Yourself... they have distorted the doctrine of Skin Freedom for Every Body.
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Daily Telegraph Newspaper Fashion Shoot -
► “He is happy to model suits by the Prime Minister’s favourite designer...”
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Steve Gough (Stephen Gough) is notorious for his Naked Walks but what are his real motives? Why would someone trying to gain the right to be naked in public take part in a fashion shoot? Why would someone campaigning for nakedness rights endorse the fashion industry?
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STEPHEN GOUGH -
It is very annoying that Steve Gough and supporters have hijacked The Freedom To Be Yourself campaign name. Steve Gough seems to be an eccentric attention seeker. His bumbling rambles do more harm than good for universal Skin Freedom. He has spent an inordinate amount of time bumbling around jails in Scotland but he hasn’t yet summoned the competence to secure a not guilty verdict. The intense effort that I, Vincent Bethell, put into gaining two not guilty verdicts is somewhat wasted, because many people now associate public nakedness with one lone guy who rambles around the countryside frequently ending up in jails without securing a not guilty verdict. Vincent Bethell is not connected in any way to Steve Gough.
I, Vincent Bethell, always strove to relate the issue of Skin Freedom to everybody thus I shunned personal attention. I turned down a lucrative deal to advertise sports footwear and I also turned down an offer to promote a shoe store. Advertising clothes or making money from nakedness would irreparably taint the seriousness of these issues. Steve Gough and his supporters reject the fact that Skin Freedom is a racial issue regarding racist hatred of the human race. Their inability to treat this issue seriously, in the serious racial terms it deserves, suggests they are not truly serious. The renaming of TFTBY also serves the purpose of creating distance between true Skin Freedom activists and phony pretenders. There is no excuse for willingly taking part in a fashion shoot advertising clothes to value of £8637. Stephen Gough uses the name THE FREEDOM TO BE YOURSELF contrary to Vincent's explicit wishes. There is no excuse for endorsing and publicising the fashion industry.
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NAKED RAMBLER MODELS CLOTHES 2nd February 2004
► “He Proved to be a surprisingly enthusiastic model.”
Total price of clothing modelled £8637!
Richard Collins (naturist, supporter, and publicist for Steve) also took part in this fashion shoot.
Clockwise, from top left
Steve Gough wears metallic cotton jacket, £540, short-
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Image relates to a Daily Telegraph newspaper article dated 2nd February 2004 regarding Steve Gough (also known as "The Naked Rambler") modelling clothing!
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Would you suspect a person's motives if someone from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) used their PETA generated publicity to endorse hamburgers or fur coats? There is absolutely no possibility for anyone professing to care about "public nakedness rights" to have any credibility if they willingly endorse fashionable clothing. No excuse! ► Steve Gough should be disregarded.
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