Comments on: Teens' Nude Pics "Spread Like Wildfire"

Kids Who Use Cell Phones To Take Nude Self Portraits Rue It When The Pics Wind Up On The Web

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by txgrouch2004 June 5, 2008 1:14 AM EDT
First Hannah Montana poses half-naked, now this.

Hey, parents, here''s an idea. TEACH YOUR KIDS NOT TO TAKE THEIR CLOTHES OFF. With the USUAL exceptions, of course.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THAT IDEA???

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by winslowe1 June 5, 2008 1:13 AM EDT
Isn''t technology great? We had to use Polaroids when I was a teenager, and thought that was nifty.
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by dobbershome June 5, 2008 1:11 AM EDT
You would think kid''s would know better than to expose themselves with a phone camera and then send it to someone else.
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by cdfoxtrot June 5, 2008 1:05 AM EDT
Trust me when I say this. Liberalism is the fuel for this problem. Religion might not be perfect but they don%u2019t outright promote premisious lewd acts JUST LIKE THE LIBERAL MEDIA.

Posted by libsluv2spit at 06:20 PM : Jun 04, 2008


Religion making a big deal about nudity is the problem, here, not the solution. If nudity wasn''t the big deal it is, all due to the puritanical attitudes of some people, this wouldn''t even be a story.

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by haoli25 June 5, 2008 12:42 AM EDT
If a 14 year old girl posts nude pics of her self on the net, is she gonna be charged with child porn? Posted by Bush_McSame

Actually, YES. Under Federal law, it is illegal to ''posses'' or to ''distribute'' child porn. Now, whether a Federal prosecutor will make a case out of one of these is another story.
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by olebd June 5, 2008 12:20 AM EDT
This is what happens when kids look up to the likes of Jamie Lynn Spears, who is pregnant with a *** child, and Miley Cyrus who says her favorite show is Se*x in the City.

These little angels see more and know more than any adult wants to realize. They know what they are doing when they snap the picture.

Equal charges against both parties involved until the USA can get over this modern day witch hunt known as nudity in pictures.
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by ioweign June 5, 2008 12:16 AM EDT
WHY DON''''T PARENTS DEMAND MANUFACTURERS PROVIDE CELL PHONE WITHOUT THE PICTURE-TAKING FEATURE?!

Posted by darnedsocks at 04:19 PM : Jun 04, 2008



Why have a phone ??


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by ioweign June 5, 2008 12:14 AM EDT
Trust me when I say this. Liberalism is the fuel for this problem. Religion might not be perfect but they don%u2019t outright promote premisious lewd acts JUST LIKE THE LIBERAL MEDIA.

Posted by libsluv2spit at 06:20 PM : Jun 04, 2008

And now Larry Craig is writing a book about "What Happened" and it will be the messenger''s fault again...

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by bush_mcsame June 4, 2008 11:34 PM EDT
If a 14 year old girl posts nude pics of her self on the net, is she gonna be charged with child porn? I''d love to see such a case in the courts!!
If she''s charged with a misdemeanor & a fine, then at what age would this stop? 12? 10? 8? younger?
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by obeylaw June 4, 2008 10:57 PM EDT
and what''''s wrong with being naked? Prudes.


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Posted by killface7 at 06:47 PM : Jun 04, 2008

Just curious....do you get lonely with your head in the dark areas of your body? Obama will straghten it all out...with muslim rules.
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by billpl-2009 June 4, 2008 10:25 PM EDT
".... Liberalism is the fuel for this problem. Religion might not be perfect but they don%u2019t outright promote premisious lewd acts JUST LIKE THE LIBERAL MEDIA...." -- Posted by libsluv2spit

No, but they commit them no different than any other group of people.
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by mljohns00 June 4, 2008 10:14 PM EDT
When did nude become synonymous with pornographic? A nude photo of a minor is not necessarily "child porn", as much as many folks would now like to believe.
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by killface7 June 4, 2008 9:47 PM EDT
and what''s wrong with being naked? Prudes.
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by killface7 June 4, 2008 9:46 PM EDT
What did you expect? I bet the boys started it by taking snapshots of their equipment and sending it on. YeeHaw. I am glad I am not under 30 these days.
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by ubikvalis2 June 4, 2008 9:28 PM EDT

The punishment should fit the crime. Adults molesting and exploiting children cause great harm and should be severely punished.

Teenagers snapping naked pictures of themselves and sharing are just doing the typically stupid things teenagers do -- it''s relatively harmless and the fact they are being prosecuted like hardcore felons shows how out of control and rigid kiddie porn laws are in this country.
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by robaldrich June 4, 2008 9:19 PM EDT
Someone said: All long as there''s no malice or criminal intent involved (which can be judged on a case by case basis, with existing laws)

No, wrong as usual for public commenters.

Malice is not required as an element of underage *** crimes. The only "criminal intent" is the intent to distribute the picture, if that. In some jurisdictions, possession and distribution without intent would be sufficient. Knowledge that the subject is underage is not required in either case.

Rob
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by hunterdon6 June 4, 2008 9:18 PM EDT
WOW! Not even one of you people has blamed Bush for this.
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by CBSTV June 4, 2008 9:02 PM EDT
Oh horrors. The human body is being shown in its natural state. If only people were not sexual creatures, the world would be a better place.

The antics of these teen-agers might be culturally uncool, but it is absurd to be criminally prosecuting people who choose to photograph their bodies. This situation is substantially different than "child pornography" when youngsters are forced to participate in sexual acts.

The "solution" is to inform the parents, not make teens felons and incarcerate them.
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by sosickofthis June 4, 2008 8:59 PM EDT
mlissab cn i have ur email address
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by middleman8 June 4, 2008 8:57 PM EDT
Dang, i were born 60 year 2 soon.
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