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ACLU Sues Penn Prosecutor For Empty Threat of Child Porn
TechDirt is reporting that the ACLU has stepped in on behalf of several teens facing the threat of child pornography charges in Pennsylvania for sharing nude pics of themselves. Unfortunately for a girl in New Jersey, she is facing much more than just a threat, as she was arrested yesterday for posting almost 30 explicit pictures of herself on MySpace for her boyfriend to see. "...the ACLU has sued the prosecutor on the girls' behalf, saying he shouldn't have threatened them with baseless charges — which haven't yet been filed — if they wouldn't agree to probation and a counseling program. The prosecutor says he was being 'proactive' in offering them a choice, but the ACLU says he shouldn't be using 'heavy artillery' to make the threats. As its attorney points out, teaching kids that this sort of behavior can bring all sorts of unwanted and unforeseen ramifications is a good idea, but threatening them with child-porn charges isn't the best way to do it."
You are a fucking idiot. The problem is not "people will pay for naked pictures of teen-age girls, teen-age girls are going to get their pictures taken". The problem is "people will pay for naked pictures of teen-age girls, teenage girls are being forced to have their pictures taken". Like I said, you are a fucking idiot.
but who is to say their lifestyle choice is any less valid than any other?
Because their lifestyle is based on something (child porn) that harms other human beings during production?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
You don't need to be modded redundant but you should consider reviewing your gullibility re. pedo-sexual predators.
"The likes of Facebook and WhatsApp are free to those whose privacy is of zero value."
If a person under the age of 18 is taking and distributing sexual pictures of him or herself, he or she is committing a criminal act. He or she is creating and distributing child porn.
There is absolutely no exemption or exception under our child pornography laws for people who take and distribute pictures of themselves.
The law sees no distinction between a 40 year old man taking and distributing nude pictures of his 13 year old neighbor and the neighbor taking and distributing pictures of herself.
I'll just say this, I'm not arguing for or against the child porn laws we have in this country. All I'm saying is that as they currently exist, there is no exception under the law for creating your own child porn and distributing it yourself.
If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
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Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
That's because you have a twisted view of the counter argument.
Teaching Children that they should obtain from actions that have VERY long term consequences is not a function of Religion or mind control.
But it is clear that you don't care about the long term consequences of things like children out of wedlock, abortion, STDs, and mental anguish when said photos are passed around school and you are laughed at by all the other kids at school so you hang yourself in the bathroom.
You want to think that sex is pure, and holy, and innocent, and lovely etc, thats fine, but ignoring the consequences of sex in a proper caring relationship because it doesn't suit your world view is insanity.
Will you be there when your daughter is dying of throat cancer caused by HPV because she gave BJs to every boy she ever dated?
Will you be able to help raise your grandchildren, because your 14 year old daughter is too young to be responsible?
Will you be able to deal with the guilt of your daughter because she got an abortion and realized she just killed her baby?
And what will you tell her about your parenting skills and trying to blame everyone else for your lack of foresight?
You see, I can make a perfectly good argument without invoking god, religion or using mind control techniques? Those are very REAL and highly probable outcomes for teen sex.
And it isn't about fear, anymore than caring enough to keep your kids from sticking their hands on the hot stove is about "fear". Though a burn from a stove doesn't last nearly as long as babies, disease and death. But what do I know?
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