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I figured that this is a topic, while not dear to us, is relevant to this crowd -- well maybe not the public part. Italy's highest court has ruled that masturbation in public is not a crime, as long as it is not conducted in the presence of minors.
The man was convicted in May 2015 after he performed the act in front of students on the University of Catania campus, according to documents filed with Supreme Court. The man was sentenced to three months in prison and ordered to pay a fine of €3,200 (around $3,600).
However, the defendant's lawyer appealed the case to the country's highest court, which ruled on the side of the accused in June but only just made its decision public. Judges ruled that public masturbation out of the presence of minors is no longer deemed criminal conduct due to a change in the law last year, which decriminalized the act.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/europe/italy-supreme-court-masturbation/
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 11 2016, @06:45AM
On the indecency of [Diogenes] masturbating in public he would say, "If only it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing my belly."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Sunday September 11 2016, @07:38AM
"If only it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing my belly."
But of course it is not, thus revealing one of the fatal flaws of the Cynic philosophy! Sick poseur bastards! The Lady Gaga's of their time! If only Diogenes had limited himself to wandering in mid-day with a lit lantern looking for a wise man, thus continuing the divine mission of the sacred Socrates! But no, he has to go wacking himself off in public. Of course, there is the tale of the female Cynic. . . .