A proposed law in California would make it a crime to post nude or semi-nude pictures of someone on the internet even if the person in the picture consented to the picture being taken in the first place. Prosecutors would have to show that the picture was posted with the intent to inflict emotional distress, and that such distress was felt...two facts extremely difficult to prove.
I am opposed to the proposed law, not because I think its hunky-dory ok to post nude pix of someone without their permission...but because I am sick and tired of our looking to the government to solve all our problems. Should we have a law that makes it a crime if the picture is not posted on a porn site but is merely shown to one other person? What if there is no picture but your private parts (hate that term) are described in detail on a blog? All can cause distress. Hell, I felt distress when a girl turned me down for a date (rare as that was).
We have a million laws on the books, and we are still a crime-ridden society. And the reason for that is we are not ready to take full responsibility for ourselves, and not ready to take care of ourselves. That is a prime reason we have overbearing federal and state governments in our country.
Don't want nude pix of yourself flashing around the world? Don't take them with anyone you cannot fully trust. If you are not 1,000% percent sure of the person holding the camera, keep your clothes on.
One other thing. Why are we as a society so skittish about nudity? The human body can be a most beautiful thing..and if yours is, feel unabashedly good about it.
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