I'm offended and you should care, because why?

[DrZoidberg]

They're upset over somebody being naked on it. Where's the offence? It's not like they were throwing garbage on it or drilling into it or anything. I can't see how any kind of reasonable common ground can be found with people like this. This is people who should be ignored IMHO. The more we respect people like this, the more people will keep treating is as reasonable behaviour. If we respect this, how will we ever be able to rid the world of blasphemy laws?

Not everyone is upset...Maybe things can be worked out by simply talking and explaining your intentions and your mind set.

Understand that this type of cultures relate to nature in their own particular way, so for you a mountain is just a mountain, but for them it's the abode of their "GOD". American Indians work the same way.

I'm sure Catholics wouldn't like to see a naked model on top of the Vatican. For these people the mountain is their "Vatican". But one can ask for a concession or a special permission to do this that or the other. It can't hurt to ask...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/92206654/Someone-seeing-model-pose-nude-on-Mt-Taranaki-would-be-pretty-horrified-says-DOC

I'm all for freedom of religion. Which is also freedom from religion.

In Sweden we have a law called "allemansrätten". It gives everybody equal access to beautiful uninhabited natural areas of Sweden, regardless of who owns it. As long as you leave to trace after you, you're free to do whatever you want there. Anything. Regardless of how sacred it is to anybody. The logic is that it's not up to anybody but yourself what you think is sacred. In Sweden this would have been a non-issue. All Playbody would have had to say is, "yeah, but it's not sacred to us", end of story.

 

[Thomas II]

Not everyone is upset...Maybe things can be worked out by simply talking and explaining your intentions and your mind set.

Understand that this type of cultures relate to nature in their own particular way, so for you a mountain is just a mountain, but for them it's the abode of their "GOD". American Indians work the same way.

I'm sure Catholics wouldn't like to see a naked model on top of the Vatican. For these people the mountain is their "Vatican". But one can ask for a concession or a special permission to do this that or the other. It can't hurt to ask...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/92206654/Someone-seeing-model-pose-nude-on-Mt-Taranaki-would-be-pretty-horrified-says-DOC

I'm all for freedom of religion. Which is also freedom from religion.

In Sweden we have a law called "allemansrätten". It gives everybody equal access to beautiful uninhabited natural areas of Sweden, regardless of who owns it. As long as you leave to trace after you, you're free to do whatever you want there. Anything. Regardless of how sacred it is to anybody. The logic is that it's not up to anybody but yourself what you think is sacred. In Sweden this would have been a non-issue. All Playbody would have had to say is, "yeah, but it's not sacred to us", end of story.

In Sweden! And we loooove Sweden for that!

In other places, and when dealing with other cultures, you have to flex a little bit. At least you can go back to Sweden and go crazy! And I mean that in a good way!

So don't get spoiled and take that freedom for granted, because it's very special and also fragile...Look what's going on around!

 

[DrZoidberg]

I'm all for freedom of religion. Which is also freedom from religion.

In Sweden we have a law called "allemansrätten". It gives everybody equal access to beautiful uninhabited natural areas of Sweden, regardless of who owns it. As long as you leave to trace after you, you're free to do whatever you want there. Anything. Regardless of how sacred it is to anybody. The logic is that it's not up to anybody but yourself what you think is sacred. In Sweden this would have been a non-issue. All Playbody would have had to say is, "yeah, but it's not sacred to us", end of story.

In Sweden! And we loooove Sweden for that!

In other places, and when dealing with other cultures, you have to flex a little bit. At least you can go back to Sweden and go crazy! And I mean that in a good way!

So don't get spoiled and take that freedom for granted, because it's very special and also fragile...Look what's going on around!

Well, we have a major problems with Germans coming over on boats thinking its awesome that they can have parties anywhere. Missing the leave no trace rule. And then they leave mountains of garbage. That by the way is a very serious crime, judged harder than assault. It's not a question of malice. It's a question of idiocy. These Germans aren't indoctrinated by a love for nature.

 

[Thomas II]

In Sweden! And we loooove Sweden for that!

In other places, and when dealing with other cultures, you have to flex a little bit. At least you can go back to Sweden and go crazy! And I mean that in a good way!

So don't get spoiled and take that freedom for granted, because it's very special and also fragile...Look what's going on around!

Well, we have a major problems with Germans coming over on boats thinking its awesome that they can have parties anywhere. Missing the leave no trace rule. And then they leave mountains of garbage. That by the way is a very serious crime, judged harder than assault. It's not a question of malice. It's a question of idiocy. These Germans aren't indoctrinated by a love for nature.

Hey, Germans can be assholes sometimes...

 

[bilby]

Well, we have a major problems with Germans coming over on boats thinking its awesome that they can have parties anywhere. Missing the leave no trace rule. And then they leave mountains of garbage. That by the way is a very serious crime, judged harder than assault. It's not a question of malice. It's a question of idiocy. These Germans aren't indoctrinated by a love for nature.

Hey, Germans can be assholes sometimes...

Once all the Germans were warlike, and mean,
But that couldn't happen again.
We taught them a lesson, in 1918,
And they've hardly bothered us since then.

- Tom Lehrer, MLF Lullaby.