Arrested for looking in a mirror!!!

@urbandekay (18278)
August 23, 2011 4:35am CST
As we know to posses an image of a person who is under-age and naked is an offence. This raises a number of questions. 1. If a under-age person takes a picture of themselves naked they then posses an image of a naked under-age person, have they therefore committed an offence? 2. Now lets imagine the person in 1. sends this image unsolicited to an adult, has the adult committed an offence? 3. This is the craziest thing; if an under-age person is naked and looks in a full length mirror, they are looking at the image of a naked under-age person, can they be arrested? Seems insane! all the best urban
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• United States
23 Aug 11
You know, I had never thought of this before until now, but I wonder if us parents could be convicted of this crime, even though we have no evil intentions. What I mean is that many parents have pictures of our children taking their first bath or running around the house in various stages of nakedness, especially when they first learn that they can get out of their clothes or put on their clothes themselves. These are perfectly harmless pictures, but they still could fall into this category.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
23 Aug 11
He says that it is forbidden to possess a photo of an under-age person : I think we have to destroy all family albums. And my classrooms photos when I was a kid too.
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
23 Aug 11
I don't think that narcissism is a crime, so possession of an image of oneself would not be. Looking in a mirror does not constitute 'possession' of an image. The adult will be guilty of a crime if he/she KEEPS the picture that was sent unsolicited. The law is based on intent (or supposed intent) and so this would definitely be taken into consideration when deciding whether an offence had been committed. It has often been said that "The law is an a$$" but the real a$$ is the person who tries to interpret it inflexibly (or insists on a ridiculously literal interpretation of it).
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• Philippines
23 Aug 11
Yeah your right owlwings! possesion of an image of yourself is not crime and so as with looking yourself in the mirror.
@topffer (42155)
• France
23 Aug 11
We need a "ridiculously literal interpretation" for a criminal law : nobody would like to be condemned by a smart interpretation coming from nowhere.
@urbandekay (18278)
24 Aug 11
Indeed, actus non facit reum nissi mens sit rea but does not some all seem to run contrary to this? all the best urban
@Netsbridge (3253)
• United States
23 Aug 11
Please, do not be silly. There are just too many abuser and predators out there, requiring responsible adults look out for the best interests of children: An underage child who takes a naked picture of himself or herself is not committing a crime; An underage child who looks at his or her naked self in the mirror is not committing a crime; A parent of an underage child in possession of naked picture of his or her child in a compromising position, should be investigated for possible child abuse or exploitation; An adult (not a parent) in possession of naked picture of an underage child, and it does not matter if child is in compromising position or not, and it does not matter if child in said picture sent naked picture to the adult or not, should be investigated for possible child molestation and/or child exploitation.
@ladym33 (10978)
• United States
23 Aug 11
The answer to the first question is yes. If that person keeps that photo and someone else discovers it they can get in trouble for that. The question to the second question is maybe. If the adult who receives the photo keeps it they can get in to trouble. If they delete it right away they should be OK, but if they keep it then it is their bad. The answer to the third question is no. I do not believe that any person of any age can get in trouble for looking at their own bodies in a mirror. When I was a teenager my bathroom had a mirror all the way across the wall. I couldn't help but see myself in the mirror when I got out of the shower, that would be kind of an insane law.
@topffer (42155)
• France
23 Aug 11
A bit too crazy -- In the (3) how can you arrest this person, i.e. where is the proof, as a mirror does not keep any image ? --, except perhaps the (2) if the adult sees and keep the image, I think he can be condemned.
• United States
23 Aug 11
I suspect it would be an offense also if I wanted to see the picture of you at age 15, even though you are now an adult and would be willingly sending it to me.
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• United States
23 Aug 11
LOL! You are right, I saw 15 and thought "years" not "days"! I guess that I should read more thoroughly before responding.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
23 Aug 11
Politics is the right place to fantasize.