I don't know what's happening in U.K. at the moment but here in Oz numerous people have been caught and prosecuted lately for having in their possession, countless photos of nude children on their computers. It has caused such a furore that certain Councils are now putting in place by-laws to stop people from taking pics of kids at the beach and at swimming pools. Yes. It even includes parents who would like to take pics of their kids at such venues but can no longer do so. The whole thing stinks. One of these days the dipsticks who think of these things are just going to go too far.
Child pornography
- Thread starter Terry
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its got so bad in the uk that if you take pics of your kids in the bath some photo developers will report you to the police
although its not illigal you will be investigated and treated like a peodophile
my mom has pictures of me and my brothers in the bath and i certainly know neither of my parents were peodophiles
although its not illigal you will be investigated and treated like a peodophile
my mom has pictures of me and my brothers in the bath and i certainly know neither of my parents were peodophiles
You'd think the law would be able to make a distinction between child pornography and innocent photos of your own family but now proud parents can't even photograph their own children at school sports events etc.
Hasn't it always been the done thing to have a "naked baby" photo usually on a furry rug or in the bath and this is the one your parents always say they will show to your boyfriends when you get older?
I have photos of my kids and they find them very amusing. My parents had embarrassing photos of me, one in an enamelled basin which they used as a baby bath.
The really silly part is that the real paedophiles don't take their photos to Boots to be developed, they have digital cameras and video recorders and just download to their PCs so nobody knows what they've got anyway unless their PC is raided for some reason.
Hasn't it always been the done thing to have a "naked baby" photo usually on a furry rug or in the bath and this is the one your parents always say they will show to your boyfriends when you get older?
I have photos of my kids and they find them very amusing. My parents had embarrassing photos of me, one in an enamelled basin which they used as a baby bath.
The really silly part is that the real paedophiles don't take their photos to Boots to be developed, they have digital cameras and video recorders and just download to their PCs so nobody knows what they've got anyway unless their PC is raided for some reason.
That's technology for you.
Anyway, the improvements in technology aren't a problem, until it gets into the hands of someone who wants to use it for illegal means.
It's the same with anything though. Kitchen knives, for example are very handy things. We use them to chop things, to cut bread and general other boring kitcheny things.
The same knife in someone else's hands, has the capacity to kill someone. Is that the fault of the knife?
It's the same with the camera's that mani mentioned.
Anyway, the improvements in technology aren't a problem, until it gets into the hands of someone who wants to use it for illegal means.
It's the same with anything though. Kitchen knives, for example are very handy things. We use them to chop things, to cut bread and general other boring kitcheny things.
The same knife in someone else's hands, has the capacity to kill someone. Is that the fault of the knife?
It's the same with the camera's that mani mentioned.
Julia Sommerville, the BBC news reader was arrested when she took photos of her children in the bath, to Boots a couple of years ago. Like other people said earlier, although sick, l don't think most child pornographers would be so stupid. At a tangent they're trying to ban mobile phones with cameras in Saudi Arabia, because men have been snapping women on the streets even though they were covered up. Technology, a long with everything else is open to abuse, but like us here, as also done a great deal of good things.
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technology is not at fault its te people who use it or allow their children to use itKiTChener said:
ime not sure what kind of pictures this 12 year old sent to her boyfriend but if they were indecent ones its not the mobile phones fault its the parents fault for not embedding any moral codes of conduct into their child
personaly i think kids should not have mobiles theres a lot of covered up health issues caused by them and also gives a child way too much freedom
Quite right, if this girl was taking indecent pictures of herself, is it because technology has allowed her to do this? Or should her parents or guardians, have taught her more common sense. lt's like chat rooms, great idea, but just because they MAY be used for the wrong reasons should they be banned? Are we more aware of child abuse because it's increased, or are we be more educated because of high media coverage?
She had taken nude photos of herself and sent them to the lad who then sent them around all his mates.
I agree it is a difficult line between the advantages that technology gives us and the harm it can do. We are in a situation where morals seem to be at an all time low. Decency seems to have gone out the window and yet nothing is our own fault. The world we live in is at a crossroads. Either we do something about it or those Judge Dredd cartoons of a controlling state are going to become the reality.
I agree it is a difficult line between the advantages that technology gives us and the harm it can do. We are in a situation where morals seem to be at an all time low. Decency seems to have gone out the window and yet nothing is our own fault. The world we live in is at a crossroads. Either we do something about it or those Judge Dredd cartoons of a controlling state are going to become the reality.
In this case someone has to take responsibility for this girls action. Millfield is one of the most expensive, [& liberal,] schools in the country. By the age of 12, you'd have thought she'd have more common sense. She made herself a victim, and her trust was abused, it's a very hard lesson too learn like that.
I suppose you could argue that without the modern technology a 12 year old girl wouldn't have had the facility to take such photos - but then again polaroids have been around for quite a while and who knows how many of those got passed around between boys? The internet just reaches a far wider audience.
if the technology hadnt been there for her to take nude pictures of her self she would probably have just invited him round to her place and showed him in person
this girl sounds like a natural born tart who will probably be pregnant by the age of 14 and ime betting her mobile phone will get blamed for that as well by her parents
this girl sounds like a natural born tart who will probably be pregnant by the age of 14 and ime betting her mobile phone will get blamed for that as well by her parents
l thought about polaroids, but like you say technology has made it so much easier, you don't need to buy film, or need anybody else to help you. l feel sorry for her; but old enough to do a daft thing like that in the first place, l think somebody should have taught her to be a bit less trusting.
No ones blaming technology per se, but when a child [ or an adult for that case,] can be abused in private, yet can be accessed and viewed all over the world, again & again because of technology makes you think. lf you go to the sports centre, make sure you go in a cubicle, you never know where'll you'll end up!
Personally chaf my daughter has a mobile without a camera though and it gives me peace of mind
that is a reasonabl idea actualyMik Dickinson said:
the 2 main reasons why i am against children having mobile phones is because if a child has a good quality camera phone it makes them a target to theives/muggers
the other reason is you used to see a lot of reports in the papers of ilnesses caused by people exposed to mobile radiation for long periods of time i just hope in the future we dont have an epedemic of cancers and tumours in our children, these ilneses were never proven or disproven they were just brushed under the carpet by mobile companies
on the plus side having a mobile phone does enable a parent to keep in contact with their child and vice versa i just wish there was an alternitive that didnt involve kids walking around with a radioctive brick pressed against their ear
Well radioactive brick may just maybe a little overdone but i hear where you are coming from.However in this day and age its nice to know that if anything comes up your children can get in touch with you and vice versa