Public Nudity Should Be Legalized

I thank XStrikeX for responding to my response and expressing interest in my expression of interest in his expression of interest in my debate. === RESPONSES === //Nudists or just people who suddenly have the feeling of undressing should obey the law and not commit this crazy act in public.// On what grounds shouldn't they do it? Whether they should or should not do it is independent of whether it should or should not be legal. It may or may not necessarily be good for someone to slap themselves in the face. Should it be illegal? And on top of that I'd argue it's not only something that shouldn't be illegal but also not necessarily something they shouldn't do. They can have a good reason to be doing what they're doing. // Furthermore, I have never heard of a nude person being beaten or tortured by the US police. I believe torture is illegal by the government in the US, so thus, no nudist will be physically harmed [1]. Torture and physical pain is a cruel and unusual punishment which violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution.// I never said torture. I do not THINK the government is systematically capturing all the nudists and sticking them in torture chambers...I don't really know...but we'll leave that out of the discussion since that was just not one of contentions and I don't really have any reason to think that. However! Physical pain is certainly not being interpreted as cruel and unusual punishment and in contradiction of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution by any level of the United States government. In-fact, physical pain is widely implemented by the government in the form of supposedly "less than lethal weapons", which include the taser, riot-gun, high-pressure hoses and many others. [1] The taser is the most likely to be used against a nude individual and can be excruciatingly painful delivering 50,000 volts to that individual. Tasers can sometimes inflict death and their use is even outlawed in various countries for both civilians and police do to their being perceived as inhumane. [2] I have a video of an innocent nude man being tazed by cops for refusing to put cloths on. A crowd is watching the whole thing unfold and are obviously very angry at the police officers since the man was non-violent and did nothing wrong, un-like the cops. Unfortunately, I am not allowed to post this video since it is uncensored. //Would you want your own young child or say, a wandering four year old to suddenly encounter a nudist?// I, honestly, wouldn't care. Why should I be afraid? They're not harming my child. They're minding their own business. There is absolutely nothing wrong with nudity. If there were we would be born with cloths on. //This is indecent and will scar the child for the rest of his or her life.// This is an incredibly fallacious and possibly disingenuous assertion. Prove it or drop it. How will they be scarred by nudity; something that is natural? Do they not see their own nudity? Do they not need to feed from their mother's breast as an infant? Will they not read of the sexual organs in biology books? //As the child grows up and hits puberty where all those hormones start kicking in, that becomes a bigger problem. Being already exposed to nudity, the children may develop an addiction to pornography or other inappropriate actions.// Do you know what puberty means? It means that, biologically, they are now ready for sexual intercourse. Of course, that may be independent of whether they are emotionally and intellectually ready for such a thing. Nonetheless, puberty is the most pivotal time to start learning and understanding human anatomy. Entering life unprepared in this field can be disastrous and there's really no need to suppress the discovery of such incites; that would serve no purpose other than upholding outdated, unintellectual and unfounded taboos which desperately need doing away with for the progression of a healthy society. //Breasts and penises are not things people express without any emotion. Those body parts are sex tools.// Completely untrue. We were born without cloths, nudity is out natural state. Being nude may easily be done in an act of pursuing comfortability. On a hot day the cooking sweat captured by cloths can be almost unbearable. In the cold cloths can keep one warm but in the heat that is the last thing you would want. Another perfect reason people want to go nude is to avoid unsightly tan-lines. When we wear cloths our areas which are so unjustly called "indecent" never reach the light of the life giving sun. This leaves many people with bleachy buns--who wants that?! //Walking around nude scars children for life and certainly does not place a good impression on other people.// Prove that it could possibly do any emotional damage! It makes absolutely no evolutionary sense for this to occur. As for people getting a good impression--are they justified in being offended? Sure, they have the right not to like it and look away just like the nudist has the right to be nude but do they really have a good reason for being so negative about it? It's a silly and pointless taboo that accomplishes nothing. If they're offended then it's their fault for being stupid. //Truly no need. Why do you need to go around walking naked? If you want to show your muscles, then just wear a piece of clothing that shows your muscles. Clothing was made to be worn. It's not a handcuff that restricts you from doing things. It's just a shirt, pants, and shoes.// Like I just explained; that's completely untrue. There are many perfectly reasonable purposes one could have for being naked. And it's not your place to tell them they shouldn't when they're clearly not hurting anyone. Besides the reasons I've already described there are more. They might just be doing it for fun. Running around naked can easily be fun without being sexual. Or get this--they may even be doing it to protest unjust anti-nudity laws! The Boston Nudist Party. //Not in the public. If you really, really have the (weird) urge to go and express yourself, do it somewhere in private, where children or other adults who don't want to see you cannot see you, such as a nudist beach or a nudist colony. You will certainly fit right in there.// That's life-style segregation. You're forcing anyone who wants to mind their own business a certain way to only be themselves with others like them in a special area. It's tyranny! Why stop their? Shouldn't we do that with any life-style choice you disagree with? Lets say you don't like emo fashion. Should we force them to go to emo-camps? //[By the way, whenever I say "you," I am not referring to my opponent, FREEDO. I am merely using it as an example of an anonymous person.]// Well...streaking does kinda sound fun... //People can get sick and/or feel uncomfortable.// If someone would seriously become ill from seeing nudity then they have a personal medical issue that they need to sort out with their doctor. //Clothes are also made for warmth and protection, besides fashion. If there is a person who is not wearing anything at all, he/she can injure him/herself. A person wearing no shoes can hurt his feet by stepping on a small shard of glass or burn them on hot asphalt. A cold wind and temperature can cause a cold or fever.// Is it the governments role to force someone to only do what it sees as healthy? Then why stop there? Outlaw cigarettes and do-nuts, force everyone to brush their teeth. Remember, I'm not arguing that nudity is something everyone should do. I'm arguing that people who want to should be allowed to. === NOTE === I had an additional argument which covered how this is a pointless taboo but I ran out of room. I pass the podium to Con! LET IT HANG LOOSE! === SOURCES === 1. http://en.wikipedia.org... 2. http://en.wikipedia.org...