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I didn't see the original piece or a bus stop mentioned, and I guess it's a cultural difference, but a naked body isn't going to shock somebody in Europe, here he would have been more likely to get comments like "Can't afford clothes?" or with a pointed look at his genitals the question "Is it really THAT cold?"
Speaking as a fellow European, I don't agree. At all.
Naked is certainly more tolerated in many places here, but flashing is different and, given that he changed his position at least 3 times during the "events", as best I can understand, what we're looking at here (as it were) is not accidental, it's deliberate exposure. I don't know about Germany or Holland, but in the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal (which are the ones I can think of, where I've visited or have friends where this has come up in conversation, albeit obliquely), deliberately exposing yourself to children will get you nicked (in the UK), will get you nicked and beaten up (in France) and will get you murdered in short order in Spain and Portugal. In Italy I’d say you’ll be nicked first, then police incompetence will see you set free, then a bunch of locals will lynch you. But then they'll give you a lovely funeral service. So it all evens out.
Had it been a single instance, from a single angle, then yes, absolutely, accidental nakedness, and nothing to get annoyed about. But the movements suggest he knew exactly what he was doing.
It depends a lot on the circumstances, a flasher who would walk up and open the coat is a different story, now if said guy was masturbating in front of children, he would have an unfortunate accident and fall up and down the stairs several times with a bit of assistance from the police in Italy, France or Spain. In your own home running around naked would get bricks through your windows. Most European countries have clothing optional beaches, so a naked guy is not such an issue, apparently not even everywhere in Britain, one of my colleagues is from a small town in Scotland, she told me (during a rather liquid evening in a bar on a biz trip) that for years the local kiddie attraction was a nutter who exposed himself near the graveyard, and it was a bit "Hey, we're bored and it's cold, shall we go around to the graveyard and see if old Angus drops the pants?" Apparently the real amusing bit was not him exposing himself but that pretty often he really dropped his pants and they got muddy and wet and he walked around in them then.
In Germany being naked in public is an offense, like walking down the street, but not in your home, but they did nick a guy who was naked and erect and waving the erect dick at kids from his window, it really depends if you're erect or not. In your own garden or house, you can be as buck naked as you like. But I tell you, I would be glad if there was a law in the UK that would say you should have curtains on your bathroom window, my kitchen is on the 3rd floor, behind the garden is a row of houses, one of them has the bathroom (no milk glass windows, no curtains) on the 1st floor, I get full view of the 2 rather lardy occupants going to the loo, it puts me off my morning espresso somewhat. I learned to not look out of my kitchen window between 7 and 8 am or otherwise lose appetite for the day. I thought about an anonymous gift voucher for John Lewis curtains or something like that...
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