Pedos and the Law

[darklordbob]

Okay, there are a couple legal issues involving pedophilia in one way or another that have been bothering me.

First: I don't know if it's true, because I can't find the source, but I heard that a woman was sent to jail for taking pictures of one or more of her kids taking a bath or something, because it was supposedly a form of child porn. If it's true, then I'm sure tons of parents could be sent to prison for child porn, just for taking innocent family photos. Another example of when the law goes a little farther than it should.

Second: http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/66RBE2L31wYY1iLYl This is an admitted pedophile who was open about it. Is he creepy? Very. Did he technically do anything wrong? No. As much as it may have creeped out and otherwise angered people, he technically hadn't done anything wrong. However, even though he hadn't broken any laws, they were still able to put a restraining order in effect that made it illegal for him to get within thirty feet of a minor. So, a guy who has no house and no one else to pick up groceries for him and the like, can't be within 30 feet of anyone seventeen or younger? It basically sounds like they did that hoping he would either make an honest mistake, or give up and ignore it. Anyway, the result was obvious: http://www.king5.com/localnews/stori....30a3fe7d.html

If I went to places where there were going to be adult females, and took regular, non-innappropriate pictures, then posted them on a site, no one would think twice about it. But because they are of little girls, everyone freaks out. I understand a parent's paranoid mentality, but he didn't do anything but be creepy. Furthermore, that newscast from the "unbiased" media was so biased it was sad.

They basically went out of their way to ruin this guy's life, because he had a different sexual preference that he didn't act on. That would be similar to beating up a person for being gay, even if he didn't act on it. I know pedophilia is very frowned upon in society, but don't you think these people are taking it a bit too far?