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The saying goes "You cannot define child porn, but you know it when you see it". And if the tittie pic was meant for titillation and sent to whomever, it is pornographic.

Non lactating breasts are sexual. Period.
 
The saying goes "You cannot define child porn, but you know it when you see it". And if the tittie pic was meant for titillation and sent to whomever, it is pornographic.

Non lactating breasts are sexual. Period.

So does that mean you wish to treat it the same way we treat videos of children being molested?
 
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I don't think "babies first bath pictures" are porn, nor do I believe a child/ minor should be charged with child porn for having his girlfriend or some equally young girl taking pictures of herself. I do say that if I or any other adult was in possession of those pictures of a 14 year old IS child porn.

Breast are sexually arousing because its wired into men for propagation. Larger breast means the woman is able to produce more milk and is potentially more fertile. So while I don't think a woman should HAVE to wear clothes, but than she also shouldn't get surprised when some sick-o tries to rape her.

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That's stupid, that's like saying if you drive around in a fancy car you no longer get to complain about being robbed.

Besides you can find cases of women being raped while wearing burkhas

Though I know that I, as young man who choses to dress the way I do, I'm perceived as suspect by police. Is it right? No. Is it reality? Yes. She can say she was victimized and rightfully so. In the same breath though I would also assert that there are sick people out there.

Now, hold on just a second- it is YOU who is claiming that attractive people "attract" sexual violence simply by being attractive. You seem to think that it is merely the way you look that attracts police attention, but honestly, even very well dressed men attract police attention when they are acting suspicious!!

Also, you should be made aware that sexual violence has very little to do with sexual attraction and has much more to do with power and control, the act of powering over someone. So, a pretty young woman walking around topless is no more at risk of being raped than some dog ugly old lady doing the same exact thing.
 
The saying goes "You cannot define child porn, but you know it when you see it". And if the tittie pic was meant for titillation and sent to whomever, it is pornographic.

Non lactating breasts are sexual. Period.

So, if a teenage girl sends someone a picture of herself straddling a chair, fully clothed, with her hands on her inside upper thighs, in a sensual pose- that is pornography??? Are you serious??!! LOL!!!

Breasts are NOT sex organs, and showering is NOT sexual.
 
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That's stupid, that's like saying if you drive around in a fancy car you no longer get to complain about being robbed.

Besides you can find cases of women being raped while wearing burkhas

Though I know that I, as young man who choses to dress the way I do, I'm perceived as suspect by police. Is it right? No. Is it reality? Yes. She can say she was victimized and rightfully so. In the same breath though I would also assert that there are sick people out there.

Now, hold on just a second- it is YOU who is claiming that attractive people "attract" sexual violence simply by being attractive. You seem to think that it is merely the way you look that attracts police attention, but honestly, even very well dressed men attract police attention when they are acting suspicious!!

Also, you should be made aware that sexual violence has very little to do with sexual attraction and has much more to do with power and control, the act of powering over someone. So, a pretty young woman walking around topless is no more at risk of being raped than some dog ugly old lady doing the same exact thing.

I think that based on how I look, people will judge me differently. So while someone looking suspicious will attract attention regardless of their dress, I have a higher probability of being in contact by the police based on how I act and dress. You're conjecture can't compare to my personal experience on this matter.

Rape happens frequently at bars at collages for example. Those victims are usually attractive women now if that same woman was in a bar topless I would think that the chances of her being drugged and raped are higher.
 
The saying goes "You cannot define child porn, but you know it when you see it". And if the tittie pic was meant for titillation and sent to whomever, it is pornographic.

Non lactating breasts are sexual. Period.

So does that mean you wish to treat it the same way we treat videos of children being molested?

No. If you read what I wrote previously, I said I do not know what the appropriate consequence should be. Just that there should be one.

I'm sure the court deals differently with molestation pics as well as not treating all defendants the same. As it should.
 
The saying goes "You cannot define child porn, but you know it when you see it". And if the tittie pic was meant for titillation and sent to whomever, it is pornographic.

Non lactating breasts are sexual. Period.

So does that mean you wish to treat it the same way we treat videos of children being molested?

No. If you read what I wrote previously, I said I do not know what the appropriate consequence should be. Just that there should be one.

I'm sure the court deals differently with molestation pics as well as not treating all defendants the same. As it should.

Well from what I understand the child porn laws are written as if they would only be dealing with molestation pics.

Although I have to ask why the fuck should there be consequences of someone taking a picture of themselves without any coercion (or offer) from anyone else?

It seems like such a non-crime and a big waste of time for the courts to bother with.
 
Though I know that I, as young man who choses to dress the way I do, I'm perceived as suspect by police. Is it right? No. Is it reality? Yes. She can say she was victimized and rightfully so. In the same breath though I would also assert that there are sick people out there.

Now, hold on just a second- it is YOU who is claiming that attractive people "attract" sexual violence simply by being attractive. You seem to think that it is merely the way you look that attracts police attention, but honestly, even very well dressed men attract police attention when they are acting suspicious!!

Also, you should be made aware that sexual violence has very little to do with sexual attraction and has much more to do with power and control, the act of powering over someone. So, a pretty young woman walking around topless is no more at risk of being raped than some dog ugly old lady doing the same exact thing.

I think that based on how I look, people will judge me differently. So while someone looking suspicious will attract attention regardless of their dress, I have a higher probability of being in contact by the police based on how I act and dress. You're conjecture can't compare to my personal experience on this matter.

Rape happens frequently at bars at collages for example. Those victims are usually attractive women now if that same woman was in a bar topless I would think that the chances of her being drugged and raped are higher.

The ones who report it, which you actually hear about. Not the rest. The majority of all rapes do not go reported.

Also, tell me, what percentage of strippers & Vegas/ Broadway dancers get drugged and raped. Are you really SERIOUSLY going to sit there and tell me that lifeguards are at a higher risk for rape, because they wear bathing suits to work and show off skin, or that belly dancers are at a higher risk of being raped, based on how their costumes look??

FYI:
Any 45 year old bar fly who goes to a bar alone is at a higher risk of being drugged and raped than a group of drop dead leave your wife gorgeous college girls who entered the wet t-shirt contest. Why? Because when you are all alone, the only one you can rely on to look after yourself is YOU. And when someone slips you a roofie, well that's it- its over. It has nothing to do with looks.. it has nothing to do with being topless or dressed, or attraction. Rape is about power and control. That is why so many men rape OTHER men in jail. Not because they are GAY, not because they are sexually attracted to another man ,but because they want to show some other guy who the boss is.

Furthermore, if bare chestedness was really a precursor to being raped, then why is it that French women (in France, going to the beach topless is common) have a lower rate of sexual crimes committed against them than we do here?
NationMaster - French Crime statistics
rape statistics

Also, how do you explain that the sexual assault rate of the military has gone up? You KNOW they are fully clothed at work.. AND why the sexual assault rate has gone up 26% in 2008 in Iraq and Afghanistan, where people stay completely covered up??

DoD: Sexual assault reports increased in 2008 Big Bear Observation Post

Fact: More than 50% of rape victims are raped for the first time before they reach adulthood.

Fact:[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Almost two-thirds of all rapes are committed by someone who is known to the victim. 73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger (— 38% of perpetrators were a friend or acquaintance of the victim, 28% were an intimate and 7% were another relative.) (National Crime Victimization Survey, 2005)

Need more???

FACTS ABOUT VIOLENCE

Breasts do not cause sexual abuse to happen. Abusers cause abuse to happen.
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It is man hating. It is not only men that get upset at the exposure of tits. Women get just as upset. I actually agree that Europe has the right idea here though. It is a big deal because of the taboos placed on it in society. However, it is not just tits that are openly displayed in public there; it is the whole body to include both sexes. Even then, people are still required to cover up and public indecency is still a crime. I can also tell you that as a man, the amount of tits will not diminish their allure. That is just the way it works biologically speaking.

So what?? What is the danger involved with exposing certain body parts?? Just because you find something to be sexy (and I find mens chests to be just as hot, myself, not that you would understand that) doesnt mean that someone else should have to cover it up. Even having ankles showing is considered taboo for muslims, but you don't see us forcing everyone to cover their ankles and legs just because some people might get upset over it. That is just the way it works, in America.


You misunderstand what I was getting at here. It matters who took the picture (adult or child) and why it was taken (sexual exploration/send to boyfriend or for pornography reasons). That is what is important. I believe even a child should be prosecuted if they were taking the pictures and distributing them as porn.

You are talking about breasts... Breasts being bare in an image do not make the image pornographic. A picture of a girl stepping out of the shower is not PORN, even if she was completely naked.
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You have to cover it up because it is the law and considered pornographic. If you think that nudists should walk among us then start another thread and take it out of here. The OP is not on the definition of porn but the prosecution of it in its current form.


Lets be clear here, if the picture of the child getting out of the shower was taken and distributed by an adult then he/she would defiantly need to be prosecuted even if they are just tits and the rest was covered up.

WHY?? There is nothing sexual about taking a shower. Why not prosecute book authors for child sexual abuse, for the way they show images of bare breasts and penises and vaginas as well. YOU are making a showering teenager's picture sexual.. Have some self control.

I am not making it sexual, society is. Bare chested IS porn PERIOD. That is the way the law is written and that is the way society has deemed it. DO NOT CONTINUE THIS INANE DETRACTION FROM THE OP. I will not get in a semantics argument with you because you refuse to accept reality.
 
The shame here is that parents are just too damn lazy to be parents anymore. Minors "sexting" other minors is the concern of the home not the got-dayum government. Leave it the Hell alone. Of course there's some liberal and some Bible-thumping "values voter" behind this somewhere.
 
The problem is that parents are in denial.

Twenty percent of respondents in a survey last fall of 653 people between the ages 13 and 19, conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy, said they had sent or Web-posted nude or semi-nude photos or videos of themselves.

This is how NJ is dealing with it. Like every social problem, they dump it on the schools.

The bills call for the attorney general's office to develop a sexting curriculum in cooperation with the judiciary. The course would focus on legal consequences of transmitting explicit photos as well as nonlegal consequences, such as the effect on relationships and the loss of job opportunities. Also covered would be the unique nature of cyberspace, whose infinite audience can create unforeseen, long-term consequences for sharing of sexually explicit materials, and the link between bullying and sharing of explicit materials.

County prosecutors would have the discretion to divert into the program any minors charged with distribution of nude photos under N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4, endangering the welfare of a child. Only juveniles who have no prior record, were unaware their actions constituted a criminal offense and are likely to be deterred from future offenses by completing the program would be eligible.

Lampitt introduced the sexting measure as part of a package of three bills.

Another bill, A-4068 , pending in the Assembly Education Committee, would require schools to annually disseminate, by whatever means they deem appropriate, information to students in grades 6 through 12 on the hazards of electronic dissemination of sexually explicit images. An identical bill, S-2923 (Beach), is before the Senate Education Committee.

The irony is that cell phones are not allowed in school. As it should be.
 
So does that mean you wish to treat it the same way we treat videos of children being molested?

No. If you read what I wrote previously, I said I do not know what the appropriate consequence should be. Just that there should be one.

I'm sure the court deals differently with molestation pics as well as not treating all defendants the same. As it should.

Well from what I understand the child porn laws are written as if they would only be dealing with molestation pics.

Although I have to ask why the fuck should there be consequences of someone taking a picture of themselves without any coercion (or offer) from anyone else?

It seems like such a non-crime and a big waste of time for the courts to bother with.

Problem is it develops a photogenic genre that somebody in a capitalist society would want to take advantage of which leads to abuse.

No need in priming the pump when you don't have to. Illegal drugs tend to lead to other crimes.....this will as well.
 
No. If you read what I wrote previously, I said I do not know what the appropriate consequence should be. Just that there should be one.

I'm sure the court deals differently with molestation pics as well as not treating all defendants the same. As it should.

Well from what I understand the child porn laws are written as if they would only be dealing with molestation pics.

Although I have to ask why the fuck should there be consequences of someone taking a picture of themselves without any coercion (or offer) from anyone else?

It seems like such a non-crime and a big waste of time for the courts to bother with.

Problem is it develops a photogenic genre that somebody in a capitalist society would want to take advantage of which leads to abuse.

No need in priming the pump when you don't have to. Illegal drugs tend to lead to other crimes.....this will as well.

I highly doubt that but since it's possible to do sexting (and drugs) and not go into other crimes why not just prosecute when they actually do a real crime?
 
It is man hating. It is not only men that get upset at the exposure of tits. Women get just as upset. I actually agree that Europe has the right idea here though. It is a big deal because of the taboos placed on it in society. However, it is not just tits that are openly displayed in public there; it is the whole body to include both sexes. Even then, people are still required to cover up and public indecency is still a crime. I can also tell you that as a man, the amount of tits will not diminish their allure. That is just the way it works biologically speaking.

So what?? What is the danger involved with exposing certain body parts?? Just because you find something to be sexy (and I find mens chests to be just as hot, myself, not that you would understand that) doesnt mean that someone else should have to cover it up. Even having ankles showing is considered taboo for muslims, but you don't see us forcing everyone to cover their ankles and legs just because some people might get upset over it. That is just the way it works, in America.




You are talking about breasts... Breasts being bare in an image do not make the image pornographic. A picture of a girl stepping out of the shower is not PORN, even if she was completely naked.



You have to cover it up because it is the law and considered pornographic. If you think that nudists should walk among us then start another thread and take it out of here. The OP is not on the definition of porn but the prosecution of it in its current form.

If pornography is equal to bare chests in the shower, then I could name off a hundred modern R rated movies with "pornography" in them.

Images of women in a shower with her breasts showing are not pornographic, just as images of a woman half covered in a towel, and getting out of a shower with her breasts showing are not pornographic.
And self shot images of girls in training bras are anything but pornographic.


Lets be clear here, if the picture of the child getting out of the shower was taken and distributed by an adult then he/she would defiantly need to be prosecuted even if they are just tits and the rest was covered up.

WHY?? There is nothing sexual about taking a shower. Why not prosecute book authors for child sexual abuse, for the way they show images of bare breasts and penises and vaginas as well. YOU are making a showering teenager's picture sexual.. Have some self control.

I am not making it sexual, society is. Bare chested IS porn PERIOD. That is the way the law is written and that is the way society has deemed it. DO NOT CONTINUE THIS INANE DETRACTION FROM THE OP. I will not get in a semantics argument with you because you refuse to accept reality.
It is NOT porn!!! There are statues and paintings all over the world of women with bare chests.. IN CHURCHES TOO. There are even <shock> images of men with their own penises showing. If it is not SEXUAL it is not pornographic.. There is a difference!! The human body uncovered is not some kind of exclusively DIRTY thing. Stop trying to portray women's breasts to be DIRTY. That is not what those pictures were about, and you need to stop making this into some kind of steamy dirty seedy little sex ring issue when all it is about are a couple of girls taking innocent nude pictures of themselves!!!!
 
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JD &#8211; if you cannot tell what porn is then you are to morally bankrupt or outright lying and it is impossible to continue any meaningful debate.

To perpetrating other crimes &#8211; This is a false argument. Besides the total lack of any evidence here, there is no reason that exploring your sexuality (a key with many of these issues) and becoming a criminal.
 
Enough of this....

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JD – if you cannot tell what porn is then you are to morally bankrupt or outright lying and it is impossible to continue any meaningful debate.

Breasts are not sexual in and of themselves, particularly not whan they are simply uncovered and not being displayed in an overtly sexual manner. It is not I who sees this in some obtuse, absurd, overly sexualized way, it is YOU.

MASSACHUSETTS V. OAKES, 491 U. S. 576 (1989) -- US Supreme Court Cases from Justia & Oyez

it may argue only that their actions, though forbidden by the statute, may not constitutionally be proscribed. [Footnote 3/1]
With the possible exception of the final step in this analysis, the resolution of these questions is straightforward. Photography, painting, and other two-dimensional forms of artistic reproduction described in Mass.Gen.Laws § 272:29A (1986) are plainly expressive activities that ordinarily qualify for First Amendment protection. See, e.g., Miller v. California, 413 U. S. 15 (1973) (works which, taken as a whole, possess serious artistic value are protected). And modeling, both independently and by virtue of its close association with those activities, enjoys like shelter under the First Amendment. Cf. Schad v. Mount Ephraim, 452 U. S. 61, 452 U. S. 66 (1981) ("[N]ude dancing is not without its First Amendment protections from official regulation"). Visual depictions of children engaged in live sexual performances or lewdly exhibiting their genitals cannot, of course, claim protected status, even though those depictions are not obscene. See New York v. Ferber, 458 U. S. 747 (1982). But other nonobscene representations of minors, including some that are pornographic, are shielded by the Constitution's guarantee of free speech. Id. at 458 U. S. 764-765. In particular, "nudity, without more is protected expression." Id. at 458 U. S. 765, n. 18, citing Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville, 422 U. S. 205, 422 U. S. 213 (1975). Because
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§ 29A's prohibition extends to posing or exhibiting children "in a state of nudity," rather than merely to their participation in live or simulated sexual conduct, the statute clearly restrains expression within the ambit of the First Amendment.
It is equally evident that the Commonwealth's asserted interest in preventing the sexual exploitation and abuse of minors is "of surpassing importance." Ferber, supra, at 458 U. S. 757. See also Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U. S. 629, 390 U. S. 639-641 (1968). The coercive enlistment, both overt and subtle, of children in the production of pornography is a grave and widespread evil which the States are amply justified in seeking to eradicate. Massachusetts' interest in ending such conduct undoubtedly suffices to sustain the statute's ban on encouraging, causing, or permitting persons one has reason to know are under 18 years of age to engage in any live sexual performance or any act that represents sexual conduct, for the purpose of visual representation or reproduction.
The Commonwealth lacks an overriding interest, however, in prohibiting adults from allowing minors to appear naked in photographs, films, and pictures with their genitals or, in the case of adolescent girls, their breasts less than opaquely covered under all circumstances except the production of such works "for a bona fide scientific or medical purpose, or for an educational or cultural purpose for a bona fide school, museum or library." § 29A. One situation where the Commonwealth's interest falls glaringly short was cited by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: parents might want to photograph their infant children or toddlers in the bath or romping naked on the beach, yet § 29A threatens them with a prison term of between 10 and 20 years or a minimum fine of $10,000 for doing so. And § 29A imposes those penalties even though parents have the same First Amendment interest in taking those photographs as they do in keeping a diary or boasting of their children's antics, and even though their children would not thereby be harmed. Amicus American Sunbathing Association, a nudist organization with 30,000
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members in the United States and Canada, further notes that family photographs taken by its members would subject them to possible prosecution, notwithstanding the protected character of their activity and their denial of any intrinsic connection between public nudity and shame. Massachusetts likewise lacks a compelling interest in forbidding nonexploitative films or photographs of topless adolescents -- for instance, the poolside shots that are the norm rather than the exception along the Mediterranean seaboard, and that occur with some frequency on this side of the Atlantic as well -- or in barring acting or professional modeling by teenagers that does not involve sexually explicit conduct.
In my view, the First Amendment also blocks the prohibition of nude posing by minors in connection with the production of works of art not depicting lewd behavior and not specifically prepared, in accordance with § 29A's exclusion, for museums or libraries. Many of the world's great artists -- Degas, Renoir, Donatello, [Footnote 3/2] to name but a few -- have worked from models under 18 years of age, and many acclaimed photographs and films have included nude or partially clad minors. [Footnote 3/3] The First Amendment rights of models, actors, artists, photographers, and filmmakers are surely not overborne by the Commonwealth's interest in protecting minors from the risk of sexual abuse and exploitation, especially in view of the comprehensive set of laws targeted at those evils. [Footnote 3/4]
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To perpetrating other crimes – This is a false argument. Besides the total lack of any evidence here, there is no reason that exploring your sexuality (a key with many of these issues) and becoming a criminal.


Please complete the sentence... ??
 

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