Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's a political exploitation of people's fears, already well-stoked, about child sex abuse and pedaphilia in general. Of course there seems to be 100% overlap between those who demand such laws and those who put their children into 5 year old beauty pagents and who don't see that the overlap between products is part of the problem. Shuddering. I take your point but think it's a vast over-statement although your argument, at its core, is probably sound. Adam On 11/3/05, Chris Saganich <chs2018@med.cornell.edu> wrote: > The fact such a law can be passed is frightening. I suspect thinking is a > form of emasculation in Texas while playing with guns and the Law has > become an ersatz phallic exercise in response to the irrationality of a > permanent war and the need to create an "adequate" internal enemy. Not to > worry we will neatly define that enemy and put'em all in jail. It is > unfortunate that Public Photography seems to fit the definition. I hope it > doesn't stick. > > CS > > > At 11:04 AM 11/3/2005, you wrote: > >You got it... > > > >Although everyone in NL has legal insurance, so the US is not the only > >litigious country. It is particularly useful if you want to take legal > >action against your employer, a frequent occurrence here. > > > >Nathan > > > >Nathan Wajsman > >Almere, Netherlands > >http://www.nathanfoto.com > >http://www.fotosevilla.com > >Print sales: http://www.photodeluge.com > >Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > > > >----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- > >Van: SonC@aol.com > >Datum: donderdag, november 3, 2005 2:04 pm > >Onderwerp: Re: [Leica] OT: photographer jailed in Texas without cause > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 11/3/2005 6:59:48 A.M. Central Standard Time, > > > aaron.sandler@duke.edu writes: > > > > > > Typical Europeans...always suing at the drop of a hat. ;) ;) ;) > > > ;) > > > > > > > > > Yeah, he learned it in Florida! ;-) > > > > > > > > > >Unfortunate and unpleasant as the incident must have been for the > > > >photographer, at least the system did work: the prosecutor had more > > > >sense than the cops and threw out the case. > > > > > > > >I will not be surprised if some money changes hands between the > > > state>and the photographer as a result of this--after all, he does > > > have a > > > >lawyer ;-) I certainly would sue if I were him. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Sonny > > > http://www.sonc.com > > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > > > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist > Weill Medical College of Cornell University > New York Presbyterian Hospital > > Ph. 212.746.6964 > Fax. 212.746.4800 > A0049 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >