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.
Court heard that police eventually arrived at the scene after Coldin had climbed into an excavator and threatened to remove the vehicle of the three men. OPP officers who attended the scene also testified that they felt threatened by Coldin in the excavator when they arrived. Coldin eventually exited the vehicle after removing his clothes, and a struggle ensued before Coldin was arrested.
In Muskoka, a man who is an avowed nudist has been getting in trouble with the law. It is one thing to prance around your own property flaunting your wanker, but he was boldly walking on a bridge, and on his cell phone in a park, shocking a cute young thing. I posted a comment on the news story, as I was afraid that the right to go nude was precluding the rights of women to NOT see a penis in public!
I am surprised at the arrogance of someone who wants to strut his stuff in public, and through drive-throughs. The fact is that this is a socially unacceptable act. I have no desire to see a strange man's penis. We need to protect those living and playing in Muskoka from this man who wants to play with his toys in public. Shame. There are enough places to go nude without upsetting women. Then, he ended up going in his car, with 3 friends, through a drive-through. What are they thinking? If one wacko does thing, OK. But when you choose to do it with friends? Totally shocked the young ladies working the headphones behind the window. I wonder when and where he will stop?
I recall a man doing this in Toronto, in a park near where I lived. In those days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, we had no fears of walking in the city alone. Another time, when I was, perhaps 10, a man sitting in his car near our corner city store, holding up his penis for me to see as I walked by. This is not normal. But I recall the fear, and feeling guilt, as if it was my fault. Is this not bizarre? I told a friend, but not my parents. I didn't have the language.Such socially unacceptable, sexual actions and behaviours must be recognized as dangerous, and scary to those who witness it. It can escalate, as those who talk about child porn tell us. They need increasingly complex acts to get off on it. Much is focused on Internet Safety, but we still need to educate the public about F2F activities like this.
The remoteness of rural Ontario lends itself to danger. Be careful out there.
