In a message dated 10/5/2009 2:12:25 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > There really was an Alice, and she was underage when Dodgson > photographed her and wrote his masterwork. Over the years, there has > been some controversy regarding his behavior and intentions.
There is no age of consent for photographic modelling. Until 1875, the age of consent for sexual activity in the UK was 12. Dodgson was photographing from about 1850 to 1880. At the time, child nudity was perceived as an expression of innocence and was even featured on Christmas cards. ============ Did he take pictures of her nude? I googled and didn't come up with that. This is getting rather far afield from Luka's photo. But some men do sexually abuse under age children (and some women do too). And they don't wear big labels on themselves declaring who they are. In other words, there are pedophiles in the world, it's just a fact of life, and they do ruin children's lives. So it is of concern and not something to be brushed off. Sometimes thinking something hinky is going on is the right conclusion to reach. (I am still unsure about Michael Jackson, for instance. OTOH, his whole behavior was strange.) Marnie aka Doe --------------------------------------------- We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
