Making it a crime to photograph minors

[RTPVid]

You keep mistaking me for a lawyer. I just get very very annoyed with pandering politicians. This bill is nothing but pandering. Would it have changed anything about the original event? No. It wouldn't. What he did was already illegal. Pandering, and worse, pandering to people's irrational fears.

[krb]

Would it have changed anything about the original event? No. What he did was already illegal.

What he did was only illegal if he was successful in getting video of private parts or of the kids having sex. If the police cannot find any footage from the camera that actually shows private parts then he did not violate the existing law and he will walk on this.

[mikeinctown]

Originally Posted by krb

What he did was only illegal if he was successful in getting video of private parts or of the kids having sex. If the police cannot find any footage from the camera that actually shows private parts then he did not violate the existing law and he will walk on this.

People have an expectation of privacy in a bathroom. If it is not illegal, then that should be, but it shouldn't matter if it is a child or an adult. However, the bill as worded in the original linked story doesn't give specific terms, and instead is very broad.

[RTPVid]

Originally Posted by krb

What he did was only illegal if he was successful in getting video of private parts or of the kids having sex. If the police cannot find any footage from the camera that actually shows private parts then he did not violate the existing law and he will walk on this.

Then a serious politician would tighten up the existing law. A pandering politician would grab headlines playing to parents' fear and paranoia.

[Skip Souza]

OK guys, let us not wander any further down the path of politics.

[krb]

Originally Posted by RTPVid

Then a serious politician would tighten up the existing law.

You mean he would introduce a bill that adds a clause to the existing law that closes the loophole, making it illegal to video or photograph children in any location where privacy can reasonably be expected?

[krb]

Originally Posted by mikeinctown

People have an expectation of privacy in a bathroom. If it is not illegal, then that should be, but it shouldn't matter if it is a child or an adult.

Agreed. That is the only issue I see with the proposed law.

However, the bill as worded in the original linked story doesn't give specific terms, and instead is very broad.

In what way is it "very broad?"

[RTPVid]

Originally Posted by krb

You mean he would introduce a bill that adds a clause to the existing law that closes the loophole, making it illegal to video or photograph children in any location where privacy can reasonably be expected?

No (but you knew that and were just be a smart ass). The focusing on children is the pandering and fear mongering, not to mention the overly broad law itself.