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Originally Posted by marleyisalegend okay maybe we need another scenario. a man is videotaping a pre-teen girl practicing soccer. he tries to remain obscure and unnoticed, and only intends to masturbate to this video, there's no web distribution involved. this is acceptable?? should the pre-teen practice with her hands covering her chest and in a full-body sweatsuit?? this is acceptable right?? |
No, we don't need another scenario. I've tried very hard to help you understand why the laws and the common public believe this is a non-issue, but you continually redirect the argument to examples which have nothing to do with the original premise as if they were somehow related. Somewhere there's a disconnect that doesn't understand that it is an action which is a crime, not an intention. Intentions can be considered in adjudicating a crime, but without the action of the crime itself, the intention alone isn't criminal. You are essentially outraged that thought isn't policed. Do you really think it's credible for police to ask everyone brining a camcorder to a kids' soccer game if they're filming the game for sexual interest? Do you think they'd get a straight answer? Maybe we should ban all cameras from juvenile sporting events, or maybe we should ban spectators altogether because one of them just might be a pedophile. As has been mentioned,
you need to prove that harm was done to the person being photographed for a civil or criminal action to be valid. If this guy takes his video and goes home and masturbates to it then he'll do just that and there's nothing we can do about it. You can't live your life in fear of being the object of unwanted sexual attraction.
Sally Mann is famous photographer whose second book,
Immediate Family, contained nude photographs of her children. She's well aware that pedophiles may be buying her book even though her work is not considered to be pornographic. Try reading
her interview in the New York Times and then view some of her work which is all over the internet. See what you think.