Damn, and I thought it was bad just in New England,

[SeaCat]

Oops, this should be under the no children thread

I'm glad these laws weren't around when I was growing up, I would have been classified as a sexual predator for just having fun with the neighbors. (Skinny Dipping.) I can see it now, they'll soon ban such games as Hide and Seek because it gives children a predatory nature. Spin the Bottle because it teaches sexuality. May I, because it teaches dominance and submissivness. Hey, I bet you could get your parents in trouble for those old baby pictures of you on the rug or in the sink. That could be child porn.
Hey, I've got an idea, let's help out those poor unfortunates in the capitals who are trying to protect us from ourselves. Let's come up with things to ban, and some punishments for them. Just one thing, please remember to explain why it should be banned. I'll start.
taking pictures of your spouse or significant other in the nude. Banned because this is pornography, even if it is taken with the intent of not showing it to others. Punishment, five days in the stocks.
Allowing your children to run around nude, in your house or otherwise, for any reason, at any age. Banned because this may incite others to have unmoral thoughts about children. Punishment, ten days in the stocks.
Complaining about foolish laws on the internet, in any type of public forum, or in small groups. Punishable by death by stoning. Banned because it shows the government people might actually want to think for themselves about how to protect themselves, their loved ones, and maybe others.
I'm sure we can come up with some more.

SeaCat

 

[kellycummings]

Hey, I bet you could get your parents in trouble for those old baby pictures of you on the rug or in the sink. That could be child porn

You really can. Many places won't develop film with pictures like that and I've a couple of stories (can't verify though) that the police were called. While I see the need for tougher child porn laws I think we have to know where to draw the line.
Two of my kids have autism and the feel of clothes on their skin is very irratating to them so when they are at home they tend to strip as soon as they can. I try not to allow it much but they are young and if it's really bothering them I let it go for a while. I have many digital pics of them around the house and if people saw them they could easily get the wrong impression and call the cops.
I don't know why I just went into all that, probably more than anyone needed to know.

 

[snooper]

... and I've a couple of stories (can't verify though) that the police were called...

Boots the Chemists in the UK in about 1998. The photographer was a TV presenter (F) so it hit the newspapers in the UK.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Voting for GWB this time around, because stupidity is supposedly the only universal captial crime.

Punishment: Four mor years of W & co. should more than suffice.

-Colly

 

[snooper]

... While I see the need for tougher child porn laws I think we have to know where to draw the line. ...

From letters to the editor of the (UK) Daily Telegraph this very day:

Sir - Betsy Schneider should not be surprised that she was asked to remove pictures of her naked infant daughter from a London gallery (News, Mar 9) because they were "pornographic".

Last Saturday, when I took my 11-year-old daughter to an ice-skating lesson, which she attended in a group with other children at Alexandra Palace in north London, an attendant stopped me from taking a video film of her because, as he put it, I might be a paedophile. All the children were warmly clothed against the cold and, apart from their faces, no bare flesh was showing.

We certainly live in a neurotic society when a father cannot film his own daughter's little moments of glory.

From:
P J Lane, London, W5

 

[Sabledrake]

Re: Oops, this should be under the no children thread

I can see it now, they'll soon ban such games as Hide and Seek because it gives children a predatory nature. Spin the Bottle because it teaches sexuality. May I, because it teaches dominance and submissivness.

Hey, why not? A lot of pre-schools no longer play Musical Chairs anymore because each round singles out one child as the loser and is bad for their poor widdle self-esteem. :: gag ::

Sabledrake

 

[kellycummings]

Re: Re: Oops, this should be under the no children thread

Hey, why not? A lot of pre-schools no longer play Musical Chairs anymore because each round singles out one child as the loser and is bad for their poor widdle self-esteem. :: gag ::

Sabledrake

I've heard that. Disgusting. How are kids supposed to learn about the world if they are taught that everything is perfect and fair. I know it's not just the schools job but they don't need to make it harder on the parents.

 

[Boxlicker101]

This thread reminds me of a cartoon I saw a long time ago. It was an old cartoon then, and the reference was to the notorious censor, Comstock. A woman was being arrested because she had just given birth to a naked baby. I don't think things will ever get that bad but they are getting closer.

 

[kellycummings]

This thread reminds me of a cartoon I saw a long time ago. It was an old cartoon then, and the reference was to the notorious censor, Comstock. A woman was being arrested because she had just given birth to a naked baby. I don't think things will ever get that bad but they are getting closer.

Speaking of babies, and this is way off the subject, has anyone read that story in the news about the woman who refused to have a c-section because she didn't want the scar and one of her babies died and she was charged with murder?
I'll try and find the link of no one else has it and anyone cares.

 

[zhukov1943]

Yeah, I saw it. The "scar" part is from a nurse, who claimed she said it, but the quote I saw from the woman was that she didn't want to be cut from breastbone to pubic bone.

Sheesh, who would?

Kinda scary to think that ignoring a doctor's advice could land you in jail...

 

[kellycummings]

Yeah, I saw it. The "scar" part is from a nurse, who claimed she said it, but the quote I saw from the woman was that she didn't want to be cut from breastbone to pubic bone.

Sheesh, who would?

Kinda scary to think that ignoring a doctor's advice could land you in jail...

Well, it was a little more than ignoring a doctors advice. She was told that the babies would die without it and that's what happened. Her priorities were a bit out of whack.

 

[snooper]

Well, it was a little more than ignoring a doctors advice. She was told that the babies would die without it and that's what happened. Her priorities were a bit out of whack.

Well, yes, but the lawyers are already rubbing their hands with glee. One is quoted in the UK papers as saying that the next still-born from a mother who smokes will open the floodgates.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Well, it was a little more than ignoring a doctors advice. She was told that the babies would die without it and that's what happened. Her priorities were a bit out of whack.

If only one baby died, the doctor wasn't completely right either. There is always some hazard in any kind of surgery, including C sections. We don't know how the babies would have fared from a C section. I don't really know all the details but I can't help thinking that the woman took the course of action she considered right for all concerned, including herself.

Women have already run afoul of the law from using illegal drugs during pregnancy. Cigarette and alcohol cases can't be far behind.