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Full Body Scanners Violate Child Porn Laws

Posted by samzenpus on from the think-of-the-children dept.

gandhi_2 writes "The Guardian has a story about an ongoing legal battle over the use of full body scanners in the UK. The Protection of Children Act 1978, includes provisions in which it is illegal to create an indecent image or a 'pseudo-image' of a child... which a full body scanner does."

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  1. Re:Developed != Civilised by hairyfeet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kinda like....well right now with gays not having civil rights and all.

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  2. Re:Developed != Civilised by mcgrew · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In agreement with the parent, there are plenty of examples of governments making laws to sanction immoral actions

    Immoral != illegal, and your morals may vary from mine. In Illinois it's legal to have sex with your congressman's wife as long as you don't give her money, but adultery is against most moral codes (before someone mentions polygamy, polygamy is not adultery).

    A more recent example example would be the US and the patriot act.

    The PATRIOT act sure seems illegal to me (the Constitution is the bedrock of all US law), but what's in it that sanctions immorality?

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