Comments on: sanity http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/03/sanity.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/03/sanity.html/comment-page-1#comment-5314 Jim Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:22:28 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2548#comment-5314 Actually, I think the prosecutor is abusing his power in a manner that differs from a blackmailer only in that he is not asking for money. As for his supporters, the best argument is actually Biblical. Jesus supported a woman taken in adultery; how can they invoke him to prosecute in sexting cases? The reference to the Taliban by twizted is apt. The Muslim argument for the burqa is preventing temptation from turning men into predators. Actually, I think the prosecutor is abusing his power in a manner that differs from a blackmailer only in that he is not asking for money.

As for his supporters, the best argument is actually Biblical. Jesus supported a woman taken in adultery; how can they invoke him to prosecute in sexting cases?

The reference to the Taliban by twizted is apt. The Muslim argument for the burqa is preventing temptation from turning men into predators.

]]> By: twizted http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/03/sanity.html/comment-page-1#comment-5311 twizted Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:33:25 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2548#comment-5311 Hooray! They may be guilty of doing stupid teen stuff, but who hasn't? Charging them as child pornographers is like attacking a mosquito with an AK47. Of course, the Talibangelists (thanks, Dan Savage!) will scream about this. My answer to them: Have you just tried talking to your kids about this? And by talking, I don't mean yelling bible verses. Hooray! They may be guilty of doing stupid teen stuff, but who hasn’t? Charging them as child pornographers is like attacking a mosquito with an AK47. Of course, the Talibangelists (thanks, Dan Savage!) will scream about this. My answer to them: Have you just tried talking to your kids about this? And by talking, I don’t mean yelling bible verses.

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