Thank you, George, for this thorough explanation.
Advocating open borders (and prohibiting Govt borders) fits these body-freedom principles. Open borders allows individuals to move from one place to another in a harmless, pleasurable way. Moving and traveling can be done impulsively, normally, and naturally. Individuals are free to use their bodies in this way as long as they do not initiate aggression against an innocent person in the process.
Make sense?
Warm regards, Michael
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Hi Michael:
The term “body freedom” sounds intriguing. What are the fundamental principles?
I am not sure exactly what you are asking by the term "Principles". My copy editor and I came up with a working definition, For those unfamiliar with the Body Freedom Movement, it's a reality-based movement that emphasizes the obvious fact that our bodies and our harmless, pleasurable desires and impulses are normal and natural and need not be suppressed.
We're talking about nonverbal consciousness of reality and of what should really be normalicy.
A whole society based on unreal fundamentalist religion, nationalism, or narcissistic self image in denial of basic physical and mental health can't be viewed as healthy. In terms of individual psychological well-being, I know a lot of body freedom people in America. In my opinion, they are as neurotic as any other class of people. But many of them may have come to their consciousness because they were already on the edge. The only generalities that I observe is that the body freedom people tend to be better read/educated, more economically stable, and have a better sense of humor than the general population. Yet, some of them are nut and depression cases. . . . But examining mainstream modern Body Freedom cultures in Weimar Germany and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), and Harbin Hot Springs/Esalan, California experiments do indicate happier, healthier societies exist on that path.
I got into the Body Freedom Movement from Hatha Yoga, the use of the body and breath to exercise the mind. My wife de jour and I produced a highly influential book, Naked Yoga and the rest is history. Actually, nudism caught on in Weimar Germany (4 million of 85 million Germans were active members of nudists clubs, gyms, or schools - some of the first institutions dismantled by the Nazis) by appealing to health, fitness, and natural outdoor living.
I know that I am rambling but "Principle" is kind of a verbal concept to me. I guess I either overanswered your question or you need to figure another way to make me focus on what you want to know.
Naturally, George Davis (415) 722-2968
Thanks, Starchild.
The term “body freedom” sounds intriguing. What are the fundamental principles?
Warm regards, Michael
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Nudist activist and former mayoral candidate George Davis is planning some civil disobedience on February 1 to commemorate SF's city government criminalizing nudity three years ago (a shameful legacy of newly elected state senator and former District 8 supervisor Scott Wiener).
George is not a libertarian across the board, but he is very libertarian on the issue of body freedom, and the transcript of his speech below is a good one and worth reading.
Love & Liberty,
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