I'm hoping these teens get off

I'm pretty sure they were able to fit that into their schedules in between "child porn" photo shoots.

Oh sure, lets vilify what is just TEENS BEING TEENS!!!

This BS could cause them to not get that "perfect" job someday. All because the po-po and their parents are dumb asses.

So, theoretically, if I observed my own naked body in a mirror before I turned 18, have I conducted lewd and lascivious acts with a minor?

This is why laws based on morality are a bad idea--unintended consequences will arise.

To help your kids stay safe online, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (disclosure: I serve without compensation on its board of directors) just launched NetSmartz411.org, which has a knowledge base on a wide range of technology and safety questions. The knowledge base is surprisingly good but like any interactive resource it has its limits. The service also has an ``ask the experts'' button that lets you send e-mail to a trained analyst who will answer your question.

But all that research is hard work, and I'm a busy mother of three. Can't I just sue the internet into complying with my personal standards?

I hope neither of them ever wanted to work in education, because the mandatory background checks will rule out their ever becoming licensed teachers, daycare workers, or even to work with a subcontractor who works on a school.

Axiomatic: This BS could cause them to not get that "perfect" job someday.

More than that.

They'll end up on the sex-offenders list. This means that wherever they live, they'll be required to notify the police--and that various uptight neighbours will run them out of the neighbourhood if they dare to try to live in a 'nice' area.

They'll be required to tell any employers, as well--which means that any jobs in which there might be contact with children are Right Out.

PianoJosh: So, theoretically, if I observed my own naked body in a mirror before I turned 18, have I conducted lewd and lascivious acts with a minor?

Apparently.

This is still an outrage the second time around.

/repeat

My parents had my brother and I bathe together till we were 8 and 10... can I sue them for child abuse? or will I risk being thrown into jail for exposing myself to my brother? What is the statue of limitations on this shiat?

Here's a hypothetical.

A teen boy and girl are at a party. Neither one really knows the other, and at some point, a forcible rape occurs when the boy corners a girl in a room alone. Knowing that her story might not be believed, and wanting to document who the perp was, the girl snaps a surreptitious photo with her cell cam as the guy leaves the room.

Could the rape victim be charged as a child pornographer?

TheBitterest: /repeat

Nah



I think the first one they were charged, not convicted.

aureliawestlake: Could the rape victim be charged as a child pornographer?

Yes, cause in Florida, she was prolly asking for it.

aureliawestlake: Could the rape victim be charged as a child pornographer?

Yes, absolutely. It'd be the discretion of the DA as to whether to *charge* her with it, of course, but if the kid she got raped by was 'important' enough....

have fun with your sex crime conviction and a lifetime of mandated living distances from schools

This thread is worthless without pics.

The naughty photos weren't posted publicly or distributed but somehow police found out

Um, ok, can we just go ahead and throw this one out? Illegal search and seizure and all that.

god damn mother farking bush administration

I WANT MY RIGHTS BACK NOW.

muninsfire: aureliawestlake: Could the rape victim be charged as a child pornographer?

Yes, absolutely.

So apparently anyone who has grown up in Florida is a sex offender.

Fuel13: So apparently anyone who has grown up in Florida is a sex offender.

Everybody everywhere is a sex offender. Most of them just haven't been caught.

CrotchBeard: god damn mother farking bush administration

Wait, what?

Wait, what?

At the risk of repeating myself: The naughty photos weren't posted publicly or distributed but somehow police found out

What's your explanation? I'll take "Patriot Act" for 1,000 please, Alex.

mialynneb: Can't a judge look at this and say, "This is not what the law was intended for." Why the hell don't they fix SNAFUs like this?

Because people apparently don't trust judges to use their discretion.

Because people tend to want to abuse laws.

Take your pick.

Felgraf: Well, if there's ANYTHING positive to come out of this, perhaps it will be more sane laws about Sex Offender registries.

Not likely. Nothing came of the last twenty cases like this.

(I would loooooove to see this go to the Supremes)

I'm not into their kind of music, but I have to admit, they do lay down a nice harmony.

The hairstyles, though? Way outdated.

Detry: I think the first one they were charged, not convicted.

from the first article linked: By a 2-1 vote, the appeals court didn't buy it. Judge James Wolf, a former prosecutor, wrote the majority opinion.

fark thread

CrotchBeard: What's your explanation? I'll take "Patriot Act" for 1,000 please, Alex.

i'll take 'parents monitoring their children's internet activity'. but you might be right

I'm hoping these teens get off with a slap on the wrist -- it would be tragic if they're forced to register as sex offenders -- but it does send a message: ``Children behave.''

Maybe you should of thought of that before you wrote an article endorsing Fascism. Yes, I went there, and I routinely verbally box people about the ears for going there over the likes of George Bush.

The law is broken and needs to be repealed. There is no "but, but, but...think of the children!"

When I was 16 there was no such law and society was better off. Now with the long list of draconian laws on the books designed to catch a few dumbasses, people are having their life destroyed...and for what? A few motherfarking headlines? Kids are certainly no better protected.

/I'm not voting Libertarian in '08 but I'm certainly becoming more open minded to the prospect

CrotchBeard: I'll take "Patriot Act" for 1,000 please, Alex.

Really? Really?

CrotchBeard

god damn mother farking bush administration

I WANT MY RIGHTS BACK NOW.

Sadly this bullshiat started long before the Bush administration and Democrats now just as regularly vote in favor of "rights grabbing" as Republicans.

Bottomline: enjoy the few rights you have remaining while they last

We need to start over with America. Think of this as America Beta.

I told you brap was hardcore. He's a Hindenburg survivor.

FTFA: I'm hoping these teens get off with a slap on the wrist -- it would be tragic if they're forced to register as sex offenders -- but it does send a message: ``Children behave.''

Right, sending a message always works in preventing teen sex.

ahhh....this thread is useless without pics?

that's terarded

but it does send a message: ``Children behave.''

That's what they say when we're together...

The laws need changing, but if you write to your congressman, you'll probably be investigated.

I have the idea for the perfect protest. Get hundreds of kids to turn themselves in for "lewd and lascivious acts with a minor" (as PianoJosh) said because they all masturbated.

That'd be an awesome picture. Hundreds of teens lined up outside a police station waiting to turn themselves in in protest.

"Children behave!"

So begins The War on Myspace Whores

Areopagite

That's what they say when we're together...

White wine just came out my nose. Well played sir!

/Song is rather apt
//I think we're alone now, doesn't seem to be any...*FREEZE, FBI!*

THIS IS FARKING HORSESHIAT!!!! WHAT THE fark IS WRONG WITH THIS FARKING COUNRTY?!!?!?!?!?!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

FARKK!

/I'd just like to say that this is probably the christian's fault, throw them to the lion, now. kthaxbai.

Can the prosecutor be prosecuted for viewing the pics or showing them to the jury?

/I avoid jury duty to avoid being prosecuted for seeing pics the prosecutor shows me I could be prosecuted for.

This is retarded and completely F's up the whole idea of child pr0n protection.

The problem is not the guy who takes a leak in the bushes.
The problem is not older teens taking nude photos of each other.
The problem is with sick farks who molest and scar children for life, or just flat out kill the children.

When that line of demarkation is clearer, you won't be seeing our courthouses crammed to the rafters with this shiat.

Which is why children should only have sex with much older adults so that everyone can feel self-righteous about slamming someone away for life.