considerato che i giornali italiani vengono fatti quasi esclusivamente
copiando quelli stranieri, forse sarebbe il caso di mandare alle premiate
redazioni questo articolo che compare a pag 38 del prestigioso (e ormai
molto noto in italia, grazie alle sue invettive contro berlusconi) Economist.
chissà che ci ripensino per la prossima volta?
(nella pagina on line alla quale si può accedere solo con l'abbonamento c'è
anche il link a
www.critical-mass.org negli approfondimenti)
baci
teresa
Nude cycling
Chain reaction
Jun 17th 2004
>From The Economist print edition
Letting it all hang loose in a London park
Spexy beast
LONDON'S steely-nerved cyclists are a politicised bunch. Many hundreds fill
the streets in a monthly anti-car protest called Critical Mass. This week
cycling zealots persuaded several dozen peers and MPs to spend a few
minutes on two wheels, with the aim of making city cycling seem less
suicidal. And, on June 12th, in a more flamboyant gesture, around 50 naked
cyclists rode around Hyde Park, one of London's stately royal parks,
accompanied by cycling (though fully-clothed) police officers. There were
similar, mostly smaller, protests in other cities around the world.
The London ride reflects a change in attitudes to nudity, not cycling.
Britain is moving away from puritanical America and closer to continental
Europe, where citizens disport themselves naked untroubled by censorious
officials.
It's a total breakthrough, says Conrad Schmidt, the Canadian founder of
the nude bicycling movement. The police, who only last year stopped a nude
picnic in Hyde Park, were untroubled by this year's event. Our biggest
worry was whether people would find it offensive, says Sergeant Tony
Wright of the Metropolitan Police. But they just looked on in wonder. The
naked are now threatened with prosecution only at a few beauty spots, like
Yorkshire's beaches. Naturists are also delighted by a friendly new law on
sexual offences.
In America, meanwhile, Virginia recently banned naturist youth camps, and
in Chicago the display of any of 11 body parts carries a $500 fine. In New
York the nudists didn't even consider riding for fear of the cops, says Mr
Schmidt. Zero tolerance indeed.
