RE: [Leica] Re- Clementine

["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

Dave,

You are so right.  Gerry, if I remember right, is in the UK, where the age
of consent is SEVENTEEN.  If the model was SEVENTEEN or older, and was in
the UK, then there simply is no issue.

Austin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Dave
> Richards
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 7:07 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re- Clementine
>
>
> Age of consent varies from place to place, at least according to
> a site I located
> without too much trouble using Google
>
> http://www.ageofconsent.com
>
> In the US it apparently goes from 14 to 18, depending on the type
> of sexual conduct
> engaged in.  Except for places where the law has been repealed or
> invalidated for
> various reasons.  Most states seem to be either 16 or 17 with
> some 18's thrown in.  I
> couldn't find anything regarding age of consent for posing for a
> picture that may or
> may not be a nude and shows considerably less that can be seen on network
> television most nights.
>
> Only your lawyer knows for sure.
>
> Dave Richards
>
> > I usually avoid jumping in on these "controversial" threads,
> but I have to do so here. While I have no problems with the image
> itself, it is quite nice and very
> > tastefully done, everyone seems to have missed one important
> issue, Clementine is only 17 years old. At 17 she is below the
> age of concent.  Her parent or

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