---- [email protected] wrote: > 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.
If he did, those pictures are not available for viewing now. Some of his child nudes have been rediscovered recently. > > 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. -- 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.
