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Whatever Next In The Land Of The Free ?
Recording an image of yourself in the altogether is illegal in "The Land of the Free".
COMING SOON - Cover up that mirror in your bedroom/bathroom before you take your clothes off or you will be prosecuted.
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COMING SOON - Cover up that mirror in your bedroom/bathroom before you take your clothes off or you will be prosecuted.
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Well, there's nothing like sewing the seeds early in teenagers minds that the state really is a thoughtless machine that operates in a Kafka-esque alternative universe and likes to put the fear of God into its young people, and potentially affect their lives and careers by publishing this teenage indiscretion
14:08 Tue 22nd Sep 2015
Svejk - // It was obviously seen by others. //
Yes, the images were seen by others - they were seen by the authorities who were investigating the sharing of images in the school - but the teenager in question was not involved in that investigation.
It is one thing to photograph yourself and have pictures on your phone in the reasonable expectation that you are entitled to a degree of personal privacy.
It is entirely another to have that privacy violated by authorities when you are not involved in their investigations, because you have done nothing illegal.
Yes, the images were seen by others - they were seen by the authorities who were investigating the sharing of images in the school - but the teenager in question was not involved in that investigation.
It is one thing to photograph yourself and have pictures on your phone in the reasonable expectation that you are entitled to a degree of personal privacy.
It is entirely another to have that privacy violated by authorities when you are not involved in their investigations, because you have done nothing illegal.
Oh gawd....svejk...the pictures were discovered by his school as part of an investigation...
// the pictures were discovered at school on Copening's phone while authorities were looking into the wider issue of sexual images allegedly being shared without permission. Copening had not shared the images of himself or his girlfriend and was not involved in the investigation.//
// the pictures were discovered at school on Copening's phone while authorities were looking into the wider issue of sexual images allegedly being shared without permission. Copening had not shared the images of himself or his girlfriend and was not involved in the investigation.//
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divebuddy - //andy. I agree that this case has not been handled well. But nevertheless he had explicit pic(s) of his girlfriend who is (was) a minor legally. You can't expect the authorities to turn a blind eye to that. Though like I said, the official response has been well OTT.//
I suggest you have not read the link more carefully than me - if you had you would see that the word 'explicit' is not mentioned anywhere in it!
Adding an emotive word like that is turning innocent curiosity into something far more sinister - leave that to the muck-raking media - they make things up to spice up a story - we are all above that on here!!
I suggest you have not read the link more carefully than me - if you had you would see that the word 'explicit' is not mentioned anywhere in it!
Adding an emotive word like that is turning innocent curiosity into something far more sinister - leave that to the muck-raking media - they make things up to spice up a story - we are all above that on here!!
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divebuddy - //I have read the link, more carefully than you have it seems. The girlfriend was not a "consenting adult", she was legally a minor. That what it says in the article.//
I did not mention the concept of the girl being a 'consenting adult' - pasta did.
And there is no 'consent' involved - she took pictures of herself on her own phone, and she has not shared them with her boyfriend. Similarly, he has taken pictures of himself on his phone and not shared them with her.
Are you really sure you have read the link?
I did not mention the concept of the girl being a 'consenting adult' - pasta did.
And there is no 'consent' involved - she took pictures of herself on her own phone, and she has not shared them with her boyfriend. Similarly, he has taken pictures of himself on his phone and not shared them with her.
Are you really sure you have read the link?
divebuddy - //andy. for gawds sake don't start your usual hair splitting routine over what one particular word may or may not mean. These pics were clearly, obviously, explicit. Or they wouldn't be an issue would they.//
Racking up the severity of the issue by inserting words that are not in the link, regarding pictures you have not seen and therefore cannot judge the severity of , is not 'splitting hairs'.
If we are going to debate the evidence we have, that's fine - adding words because of an unfounded decision you have reached all on your own is not debating correctly - is it?
Racking up the severity of the issue by inserting words that are not in the link, regarding pictures you have not seen and therefore cannot judge the severity of , is not 'splitting hairs'.
If we are going to debate the evidence we have, that's fine - adding words because of an unfounded decision you have reached all on your own is not debating correctly - is it?
// though sex between the pair would not have been ( illegal ) under North Carolina law, where the age of consent is 16.//
If I could underline the last 7 words,I would. But the article is contradictory as it also states the boy was also prosecuted for// exploiting a minor- himself.// How can that be if they were both 16 at the time?
If I could underline the last 7 words,I would. But the article is contradictory as it also states the boy was also prosecuted for// exploiting a minor- himself.// How can that be if they were both 16 at the time?
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Yes Pasta, the school authorities.
But what if it wasn't them? What if it was the children who found his lost phone or ditto, some old pervert. Or much more likely, his own friends who thought it hilarious to put them on twitface.
Photos aren't secure on a phone. Perhaps the 'authorities' are more attuned to what can happen than the AB liberals.
But what if it wasn't them? What if it was the children who found his lost phone or ditto, some old pervert. Or much more likely, his own friends who thought it hilarious to put them on twitface.
Photos aren't secure on a phone. Perhaps the 'authorities' are more attuned to what can happen than the AB liberals.
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