Seriously, this man has issues.
Bracebridge resort owner found guilty of harassing OPP officer
High Falls Chalet Inn owner Brian Coldin has been found guilty of criminally harassing a Bracebridge OPP officer.
Here is an update on this story!
I wonder why a famous lawyer, Clayton Ruby, defending a case feels the need to write a Letter to the editor: There's no harm in nudity ?
I believe that we cannot determine the intent of Coldin's actions. Walking around his property nude, while he was in a park, is a slippery slope. There are sexual innuendos here. He and his 3 male buddies, went through the drive-through nude. What's with this? As a woman, dealing with the fear of walking about alone in the dark, I could easily feel scared. As a child I remember walking through a Toronto park, shortcut on the way home from school, and seeing a flasher, or seeing a man sitting in his car on a downtown Toronto street, flashing his penis for me, a youngster at the time. Those were sick people. Can we imagine that this man is any more sane?
He DID offend the young women. If they were my daughters working at the drive-through, I'd be fighting this issue tooth and nail. This is why I write this post. If he wants to change the law, do it with dignity. If Clayton Ruby, high-priced civil rights lawyer, wants to change the law then do it politically, not through the newspaper or defending someone with court-documented socially unacceptable behaviours, and do it without offense.
If Coldin feels the need to expose himself to a young woman in the drive through, could he also feel the need to expose himself to younger children?
If he felt the need to be threatening and violent with the public, what else would he do in the presence of a young woman? This is about power and control.
Yes, I may have gymnophobia, as one commenter accused, but it is tied more to my fear of sex and violence, especially with the latest crime story of theRussell Williams case. He used his hands, fists, and penis for the purpose of violence and control. Until we can separate paraphilia from nudity, I reserve the right to choose which penises I want to view!
As a mother, grandmother, retired teacher, I am appalled. This case is more than just public nudity.
He was threatening neighbours (see Town Without Pity: the W5 YouTube video, part 2, part 3), and local plumbers, trying to access other cottages on a deeded road access. Things escalated in 2005. I can see how the anger by all would result in this frustrations. But it would appear that these are self-inflicted wounds.
Public nudity - save us from them!
UPDATE: Court told of threats, ATV chase
Matt Driscoll, Nov 03, 2010 - 5:55 PM
The public nudity advocate is also facing charges:
Court heard that on that day, three men in a pickup truck travelled on a dirt road through Coldin’s property to reach a cottage where they were going to do some plumbing work. According to Crown attorney Frank Giordano, Coldin raced after the men on an ATV and cut them off after passing at a high rate of speed, which should lead to a conviction on dangerous driving, he argued.
Other news reports...his photos makes him look so sweet! Biased media...
Yet, he's been violent, or threatened violence, with plumbers and OPP.
Nudity not intended to offend, says Coldin
BRACEBRIDGE — Brian Coldin spent the morning in the hot seat...
Arguments on the case resume on July 5th, 2011.
Arguments on the case resume on July 5th, 2011.
- Charges against resort owner upheld
- Court told of threats, ATV chase
- Coldin appeals to human rights tribunal
- The right to bare arms
- Coldin says nudity helps protect him
- High Falls Resort owner facing charges
- High Falls Resort ordered to release confiscated vehicle
2 comments:
Oh c'mon it is not being prudish or unreasonable to expect people to 'behave' properly in society. If the guy wants to run around flopping freely risking windburn on his own - go for it. But the rest of us live in that society too and WE have a right NOT TO look at him, serve him, or deal with his freaky proclivities. W.C.C.
I agree with you 100% Jenn. I remember something similar happening to me as a child. There are sick people out there and children (everybody) need to be protected from them.
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