William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gonz"
Subject: Re: More Texas Photo Issues
So a woman who wears a skirt but no panties can be arrested for public
indecency? Or shorts with no panties? So you would be ok with pictures
of your wife or your daughter circulating on the net of her private parts
because she so happened to have some "looser" underwear and some perv was
taking "upskirt" pictures while she was out shopping?
Was this the sort of pictures the two people in question were taking?
Lets make sure we have our facts straight there Gonzo, old chap, before we
go off all half cocked.
I dont know. I interpreted the last part of the sentence that way:
....Upon further questioning, Thompson gave police consent to look at
....his camera.
....
...."We saw images of young girls' cleavage," said San Antonio police
....spokesman Joe Rios. "Some of their lower extremeties."
And in the second news article:
....Investigators said they found more than 12 photographs that depicted
....specific parts of women's and children's bodies on Vogel's camera.
I wasn't there, but I imagine if they had not been of the nature I'm
talking about, there would not have been an arrest. Of course I could
be wrong and the Police could just have had a very prudish attitude
towards the two photographers.
This sort of stupidity needs to be nipped in the bud.
You don't have to live somewhere to be offended by violations of human
rights.
Who's rights have been violated?
At the moment, there is the distinct possibility that a couple of
photographers
rights have been violated, and scant evidence that anyone elses rights
have been violated.
Well thats the thing. I have three daughters, and maybe their privacy
is not protected by the government when in public and relating to these
types of situations, but if I caught some perv taking said pictures of
them, you can guarantee I would exercise my right to alter his gender
without the benefit of anesthesia. I feel that their reasonable rights
to privacy would have been violated. I would hope that laws like this
are designed to do just that, protect the privacy of individuals when
out in public.
Dont get me wrong, I love personal freedom. But freedom is a two way
street, I dont have the freedom to perform lewd acts in public, because
there is a higher level of freedom that takes precedence, that is
freedom from having to confront such an act in public. I would not feel
free if everyone had a right to do what they wanted where they wanted,
otherwise I could be spray painted by someone wanted to create art on
the street, or worse.
William Robb
