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June 17, 2005—Now, here's a cause some folks can really get behind: On Saturday hundreds of bicyclists in Madrid (pictured) and London staged a nude protest against oil dependency and the overuse of cars.
Pedaling in the World Naked Bike Ride 2005, dozens of Madrid cyclists streaked down main avenues. Pumping an additional agenda item, they appealed for more bike lanes in the Spanish capital—a move they said would reduce traffic accidents.

In London about a hundred activists rode past Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, and Covent Garden. "Oil is not a bare necessity but a crude obsession," one banner read, according to press reports. Wearing little more than his opinions, one rider had had his back painted to read "NO FUMES"—just above an arrow pointed cheekily downward.

—Ted Chamberlain

Hehe. In Germany there would be no problem with showing that picture from the front... :D

Hehe. In Germany there would be no problem with showing that picture from the front... :D

Yeah-that is, till you actually saw it-then there would be a problem...

So running around naked is a protest now? Now I can feel proud of myself for being politically active enough to give money to all those female protestors at the playhouse.

Man, wouldn't that suck if you got your junk caught in the gears?

Sittin naked on a bike seat?

Thats gotta be nasty

Finally, the naked truth... lmao! (pun intended)..heh! :D

Man, wouldn't that suck if you got your junk caught in the gears?

you mean your gears which are the same level as your feet?

you mean your gears which are the same level as your feet?
Now THAT would be impressive! ROFLMAO!!!

What happened to social programs to help the homeless? I've never heard of so many bums in the streets before!

It's disgusting that a developed country....What?

...

Oh, THAT kind of 'bum'...

Please disregard that, and have a nice day.

So running around naked is a protest now? Now I can feel proud of myself for being politically active enough to give money to all those female protestors at the playhouse.
Hehehe! Getting paid to take your clothes off. What a racket! :D

Yeah-that is, till you actually saw it-then there would be a problem...
Yup. It's called nausea! ROFL!

Yeah-that is, till you actually saw it-then there would be a problem...Not legally.

"Mommy, I want a bikey too!"

"I'm sorry dear, but you can't have one."

*points* "But everyone else is riding one!"

*looks* "Oh dear God!"

Now THAT would be impressive! ROFLMAO!!!
Only if it's the frank and not the beans.

Since this is the newest thread, I would like to use it to make a public apology about my behavior in the recent marriage forum 13 hours or so ago.

I am sorry if I offended anyone by what I said. I was getting angry, and many of your comments were hurtfull to me, simply because of how many wrong ideas people believed in, and how horid the state of their minds appeared (notice italics) to me to be. Nevertheless, I will not take back what I have said. What I said on that forum is true. I truely wish you could understand what I was trying to explain, but I clearly found that you would not, and just because I am only 15 doesn't mean I don't know some things that many adults do not. People have different experiences in their lives and come to know different things.

I am sorry for getting so angry, and if I have insulted anyone, I apologize. Whether something is true or not does not justify it being said if it could be hurtful, although I admit my tact may have been a bit low at the time, and I was not aware I would offend anyone so much. I recognize that. (although you may not believe what I have said, I know it is true). I never meant to call anyone an animal. I merely stated that anyone who does not have morals (meaning, anyone who does not have a concience anymore, who has done enough for it to be blotted out, and no longer knows the difference between right and wrong) is like an animal, because at that point, they would just give into their animalistic (and mind you, humans are be nature, literally an animal, a mammal to be more precise) behaviors. This is true, and I will not take it back, but I am sorry that I have offended you.

I can only hope that you will learn the meaning of what morals are, and that you will try to do what is right, not what is easy, fun, or convieniant, for it will in the end make you happy. I know it has for me. It can for you to. You may state this is a belief. But I ask you this, what truely is a fact? What is truth? Truth is things as they are. You may define it as something that can be proved. But what is proof? Proof is adequite evidence to cause someone to believe something. What is evidence? I suppose you have to decide that. Many think it is what you see. But even your eyes can decieve you, and people can choose not to accept or believe something that is "proved".

I leave these words with you, in hopes that you will finally understand. My hopes may seem to be in vain, but that does not mean I will give them up. I rest my case. Do with my words what you will, whether you twist them, break them, say I have no evidence, claim that I have no experience. You yourselves do not know how much experience i have had. I have had sufficient evidence for myself. Now you must decide if it is enough for you, and please, accept my apologies on any offence I may have given. You may even find things i have said here offensive. I don't know why you find what I have said so offensive, but I conclude that is most likely because you do not want to change your beliefs, and I wish you would, but I cannot change what you believe, and I am sorry if I offend you. I guess it may be best to not discuss religion, or it is obvious that some offence will be made. :(

Hehehe! Getting paid to take your clothes off. What a racket! :D
They don't just take their clothes off, they're excellent dancers as well.

They don't just take their clothes off, they're excellent dancers as well.
Perhaps so, but that sort of thing is just too frustrating for me. To see all that flesh and not be permitted to touch? Not THIS ole boy! If I want a "lapdance" I'll find some lovely lady who prefers to impale herself first! :D

Hehee that is awesome, anyone for some bareback horseback riding here in the U.S. as a protest? :p

Hehee that is awesome, anyone for some bareback horseback riding here in the U.S. as a protest? :p

O.o

One word: OUCH!

*fears the combination of his gears and a horse's bounce*

Hehee that is awesome, anyone for some bareback horseback riding here in the U.S. as a protest? :p

Is that cruelty to animals?