Thank you miisliberal for that clarification. I don't agree that nudity is pornography. I am a Catholic and I have total respect for the body, but I don't think we should necessarily be afraid to be as God created us, our skin should be sufficient covering(when it's warm enough!). I've been on lots of naturist beaches and to resorts where it is the norm for whole families of all ages to be naturally clothesfree together, nothing even remotely sexual occurs!

Just wondering, what are your views on the Freemont Solstice paraders, mostly bodypainted but still naked!(see attached link), the spectators(of all ages)are not offended! All the best!

I totally accept the acceptance of the body as sacred not to be violated but that does not conflict with the acceptance our own and other's bodies as something of beauty WHATEVER the shape, size,gender,colour or age and I do maintain that in very recent times we have been conditioned to believe that people that do not conform to a certain shape or weight are - to use a word elesewhere in this debate - "gross" - which I find offensive. People who live in naturist areas(not "colonies" please) like Cypress Cove in Florida, live perfectly "normal" lives, their children go to state schools, they go to work etc but live on site naturally clothesfree. There are still (hopefully if they haven't been eliminated by the bacteria that clothed people bring) tribes in remote areas that live perfectly good naked lives.

Virtually ALL crimes are committed by clothed people, wearing clothes does NOT make a person better, those bankers that have swindled us and our country are all "suited and booted"!. Naturist holiday centres(like Euronat in France) where everything from shopping to watching a show are done clothesfree are not nesting grounds for diseases and indeed swimming in a costume is worse for harbouring bacteria, swimming naked is so much better!

So I hope that those who haven't tried it will have a go on their next visit to a beach or walking in our lovely countryside!

Take a look at the link - it substantiates what Ive said above!

Of course you would freeze in the cold weather! No-one in their right mind would walk naked to the shops in 3 feet of snow! And of course one's sexuality is for one's partner,no-one is suggesting that people should have sex with anyone in public, just that one should be free to be clothesfree in normal life and not be restricted to having to wear those silly minimal garments to cover up what is a natural part of the body.

In Canada there is the Freemont Solstice Parade where there is a lot of very public nudity,albeit that manyof the nude cyclists and others wear nothing but body paint!And that is appreciated by the many people watching!

It is Ecolgically friendly, less laundry,less need to use deodorants,though some clothes shops would go bust!

Yes absolutely right! And of course there is another facet, why should nudity be accepted in art but not in Life?

We are all born naked and that is how we go out of the world, so can't we accept it in daily life?

Can I ask your views on wearing the Burka in which the whole body including the face is covered?

Of course it is an injustice to require people to wear clothing in public, it is not something that would cause anyone else any harm. Being clothesfree does not equal having sex in public but simply being oneself. I would not advocate being naked outdoors at the present time, it's too darn chilly but if someone was naked as I walked down the street I would not object, merely smile and wish them well!

I wouldn't have minded one bit seeing my grandparents naturally naked, why not? Ive seen so many naked bodies of all shapes,sizes,colours,ages in my 50 yrs of being a practising naturist that I can honestly say that EVERY body is natural and normal, even those that have limbs missing,mastectomys and disabled - you are definitely NOT missliberal rather missconservative!

We should live and let live, not be judgemental, nudity cannot harm you, just because you don't want to see something doesn't mean it shouldn't be allowed - I hate to see people with pierced tongues and eyebrows but I'm prepared to let them be!

Why will children's minds be destroyed simply by seeing others naked? It has been proved beyond doubt that no-one has ever been harmed by seeing other human beings in their natural state, indeed children raised in naturist families are more balanced, have no negative body issues, accept their bodily changes easier and are less inclined to experiment sexually.

It is true that different cultures and religions have differing attitudes to nudity, but they have differing attitudes to many other things. When people of different cultures,races,colours are naked together, the boundaries go down and it leads to a more peaceful co-existence. I am a Christian Catholic and a naturist and I see no conflict in the two, after all, God can see under our man-made coverings.

So lets have more peaceful co-existence, if you wish to wear clothes then please do but do not be offended at my natural covering.

For more information,read the link attached!

Why are you concentrating on erections? I've been in many naturist resorts,beaches,and in all sorts of areas but they VERY rarely happen! Natursits are very concerned not to embarass or offend but we DO want the right to wear as much or as little as we please, it's a natural human right! And as for women on their periods they would wear panties or those things that are called tampons!

We have been conditioned to only accept people of a certain shape/build - why not accept people of all sizes/shapes/colours, now THAT is proper human acceptance and equality!

JUst to say, it is the convention the Nudists carry small towels - NOT to cover their natural genital parts but to sit on, so that there will be no germs passed to another, so they DO respect health laws!