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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Pornography?
From: Nathan Wajsman <belgiangator@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 07:44:50 -0700 (PDT)

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Why is this not surprising in a country where a state (Ohio I think) has banned the sale of one of the Belgian beers because it has a picture of Manneken Pis on the label (a statue of a little naked boy urinating).

On the other hand...I cannot completely fault the lab people for reporting her to the police. With the concern about child abuse it was not entirely unfounded. And most molesters are normal-looking regular people. In a way, the lab technicians and the police are perhaps responding to a valid concern in today's society.

Nathan

ARTHURWG@aol.com wrote:
How about this? I met a woman at a gallery opening last night and this is 
her tale of woe. She's a serious amature photographer and a grandmother who 
lives in New Jersey. She took some snaps of her grandchildren-- age 3 and 
6-- in the bath tub and took the pictures to the local one-hour lab. When she 
returned to collect the pictures she was arrested, taken to the police 
station, fingerprinted, photographed, charged as a child pornographer and 
locked up pending $50,000 bail. She was released after paying a $5000 
non-refundable bond. Her home was searched, her photos and computers, CD rom 
and every floppy disk were siezed as evidence and her family was 
interrogated, She was suspended from her 31-year job as a social worker. Her 
case is pending, and she says it will cost her $30,000 to defend herself. 
For further info see her website: 
http://members.aol/_ht_a/marianrubin/MariansNewsPage.html





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<P>Why is this not surprising in a country where a state (Ohio I think) has banned the sale of one of the Belgian beers because it has a picture of Manneken Pis on the label (a statue of a little naked boy urinating).</P>
<P>On the other hand...I cannot completely fault the lab people for reporting her to the police. With the concern about child abuse it was not entirely unfounded. And most molesters are normal-looking regular people. In a way, the lab technicians and the police are perhaps responding to a valid concern in today's society.</P>
<P>Nathan</P>
<P><B><I>ARTHURWG@aol.com</B></I> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">How about this? I met a woman at a gallery opening last night and this is <BR>her tale of woe. She's a serious amature photographer and a grandmother who <BR>lives in New Jersey. She took some snaps of her grandchildren-- age 3 and <BR>6-- in the bath tub and took the pictures to the local one-hour lab. When she <BR>returned to collect the pictures she was arrested, taken to the police <BR>station, fingerprinted, photographed, charged as a child pornographer and <BR>locked up pending $50,000 bail. She was released after paying a $5000 <BR>non-refundable bond. Her home was searched, her photos and computers, CD rom <BR>and every floppy disk were siezed as evidence and her family was <BR>interrogated, She was suspended from her 31-year job as a social worker. Her <BR>case is pending, and she says it will cost her $30,000 to defend herself. <BR>For further info see her website: <BR>http://members.aol/_ht_a/marianrubin/MariansNewsPage.html<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
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