Ideology of Vincent Bethell
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My racial motivations are sociological, psychological, existential, and humanitarian.
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My campaigning began during a hot summer when my sweaty clothes were very uncomfortable,
but mere comfort wasn’t my key motivation. Unlike naturists or nudists I had no overriding
desire to feel cool refreshing breezes upon my naked skin. The purpose of Skin Freedom
was and is Victory over the stifling perceptions of narrow-
At a very young age I became aware of how our civilisation is deeply irrational, stupid, cruel, and unbearably mediocre. The majority of people exhibit horrifically dull perceptions. Looking at the world I saw masses of unenlightened humans ignorantly swarming throughout their humdrum sociological networks. Life appeared, and continues to appear, deeply meaningless. People exhibit puny self awareness therefore they are obsessed with triviality, banality, materialism, and escapism. The entire sociopolitical, economic, and psychological network of civilisation is constructed around unawareness, irrationality, and stupidity. Civilisation is very inhuman. This is why I strongly oppose our dehumanisation. Racial hatred of fellow humans permeates all aspects of our inhuman civilisation.
The inhumanity of life is proven via frequent examples of violent crime, war, greed,
materialism, corruption, consumerism, anti-
My earliest memories are regarding my deep self awareness. Naturally I was interested
in what it means to be human. Humans differ from other life-
Naked Intelligence is a term I’ve invented to highlight how public nakedness possibly
enhances intelligence. I define "Naked Intelligence" as the phenomenon where public
nakedness improves the cognitive ability of the naked person. Clothed people witnessing
public nakedness could also experience enhancement of their intelligence. Public
nakedness is eye-
Attention, Fame, Notoriety.
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The Fame of Vincent Bethell... Why do I detest personal attention?
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People supporting my ideas is very positive. It encourages me when people recognise the purposefulness of my actions, but being famous for skin freedom is unpleasant. Personal notoriety is very dehumanising. Via focusing on every BODY you can help counteract this inhumanity of fame. Focus your attention on the campaign.
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Fame perpetuates alienation therefore fame is fundamentally dehumanised... Fame is very inhuman.
Being famous would be unpleasant whatever the situation. Whatever the reason for
fame I would deeply resent the personal attention. My distaste regarding fame is
due to my perception of the world. Fame causes deprivation of power for the majority
of people. Instead of worshipping their own minds or bodies; fans (supporters) alienate
their self-
This causes problems for me because nobody has my determination or vision regarding
The Human Race. It has been necessary for me to put myself in the frontline where
I’ve been metaphorically inundated by mortars, bullets, shrapnel, and radiation poisoning.
Being in the firing-
I would be grateful if people could respect my ideological aversion to personal attention. Undoubtedly I want to draw attention to my ideas but I don’t want to be burdened by attention focused personally on myself. Personal attention is antithetical to my ideology. Instead of thinking about my nakedness, or the nakedness of other activists, you should contemplate your own public nakedness. Consider your own feelings about being naked in public. Thanks.
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■ UPDATE -
I am deeply unhappy. I suffer from stress, anxiety, depression, and Post-
The premise in The Country of the Blind is regarding a traveller with perfect vision encountering a community of blind people who’ve never heard of sight. The traveller attempts to explain vision to the blind community but they think he is insane. They think his eyes are the cause of his insanity therefore they finally attempt to remove his eyes in a medical procedure to cure his supposed insanity. My interpretation of The Country of the Blind is this: any radical changes to society are not possible because people do not have the vision to accept ideas beyond their comprehension. Considering the weird people attracted to public nakedness, combined with my debilitating stress and anxiety, I plan to change the world via a book I’ve been slowly writing for the past ten years. My book focuses on investigations and research I been involved in regarding the nature of intelligence. Hopefully I will finish my book, but the intense hardship and arduous struggling is perhaps too difficult for success. Perhaps my severely diminished stamina is insufficient. The smallest task seems enormously insurmountable when suffering from depression and stress. My book is a very big task, which I will hopefully finish in the year 2015. I will try to change the world via my writing. I will shun being naked in public because I cannot cope with people. Perhaps it will be OK to be naked in public one day, but while people are weird and visionless it is impossible.
While I’ve been writing this update I’ve been reminded of another book by H.G. Wells,
which also seems appropriate to my situation: The Island of Doctor Moreau. In the
story of Doctor Moreau’s Island a man named Edward Prendrick is shipwrecked and finds
sanctuary on Doctor Moreau’s Island. Pendrick soon discovers Doctor Moreau is experimenting
on animals via shaping animals into counterfeit-
When I was imprisoned awaiting trial I was in a place of horrors. Prisoners were constantly screaming in the Segregation Unit where I was held. One prisoner attempted suicide by biting a chunk out of his wrist and another prisoner committed suicide via hanging himself. Prison officers would frequently storm into cells dressed in their full riot uniforms to subdue disruptive prisoners. I was completely innocent whilst suffering in this place of horrors. I was innocent awaiting my court trial, and after 5 months of imprisonment my court case eventually occurred whereupon I was declared unanimously not guilty. People in our democracy are supposedly innocent until proven guilty but how can “innocent until proven guilty” be reconciled with imprisoning remand prisoners prior to their trial? I have no right to compensation for the suffering inflicted upon me by the Criminal Justice System. I have sought compensation and I have been refused. The verdict of the jury was clear (unanimously not guilty), but I have never received an apology from the Crown Prosecution Service, Prison Service, or police. I’ve had enormous pain inflicted upon me. I’ve had 5 months of my life stolen. We live in a supposed democracy where humanity supposedly prevails but innocent people are punished. The horror of prison has never left me. I now live in total awareness of our irrational and unjust social system. I feel people are constantly on the cusp of transforming into Beast Folk.
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■ UPDATE -
Since the year 2000 I’ve been very interested in technology. In 2010 my technological
interests have culminated because by year 2045 the evolution of technology will fundamentally
transform the human race. Via biotech and nanotech humans will alter their DNA very
dramatically. Many humans will merge with technology. When people start altering
their DNA according to personal choices the human race will diverge radically into
various strands. Evolution will soon leap forward at a shockingly rapid speed. The
forthcoming creation of Artificial Intelligence raises interesting questions regarding
how man-