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NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals

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People in "my" country get sentences for posting security camera footage of robberies in their shops. I find that to be utterly ridiculous.

Which country is this?

I was being vague on purpose. :)

An otherwise completely normal European country.

Re: NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals

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"My sons picture should not even be taken and put on this page with out my consent!"

In an age when almost everyone has a camera and Internet access in their pocket, I'm amazed at how ignorant people still are regarding photo/privacy rights ... and I'm not one to have high expectations of society.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which country is this?

I was being vague on purpose. :) An otherwise completely normal European country.

Pretty sure that it's legal to comment on the law in any "normal European country". Even France.

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I clicked through to the link where the people in the town meeting call him a pedophile. I really enjoy watching the town meeting -- 15 minutes of chaos and whining for no reason. People continue to amuse me.

BTW, why is it OK to use "pedophile" as an insult? If you used other mental diseases as insults, it's considered offensive. ("You're a retard!")

(Incidentally, I am not sure what insult to use for someone that thinks there's a link between wanting to have sex with undeveloped children and videotaping developed teenagers committing crimes.)

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I will be so bold as to say this: I doubt there are many places in Texas where this would have happened without those kids getting arrested, or barring that, being rightfully assaulted. When one attacks another's person and property, one should expect retribution.

" I doubt there are many places in Texas where this would have happened without those kids getting arrested,"

I think the problem here was that these kids are the children of local cops, who willingly turned a blind eye.

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Once again, the expectation of privacy while committing crimes is violated. oh, where will this end? Must we be accountable for every little thing we do? Of course, I'm joking. I applaud the posting. We had a similar thing near here where a package thief was recorded making her rounds. And the thieves among us commented how terrible it was that she was put on public display for her crimes. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

> Must we be accountable for every little thing we do?

Of course you're right that in general people must be held accountable for their crimes. However, it's somewhat different for children, who need and deserve some protection from the stupid things they do in their youth.

I fully support the punishment of the children, and any and all legal ramifications they receive, but I don't believe they should be help accountable forever. I suspect that when these kids go for jobs in 10 years, the first result in Google will be the post with their names and their foolish youthful actions.

Re: NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals

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I actually work with the NYC Law Department's juvenile crimes division. They normally would prosecute a case like this, and yes, their prosecutors are savvy enough to check the kids' Facebook pages and use it as evidence.

Of course if the police don't arrest them, the process won't start, so bringing pressure on the police through the blog and the press might get things started so they can prosecute the teens.

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I will be so bold as to say this: I doubt there are many places in Texas where this would have happened without those kids getting arrested, or barring that, being rightfully assaulted. When one attacks another's person and property, one should expect retribution.

People in Texas are allowed to have guns. NY not so much.

Just ONE adult with a shiny chrome .45, 1911 frame or shotgun would have stopped all of this in its tracks.

EDIT to add: "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." -- Robert A. Heinlein

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I clicked through to the link where the people in the town meeting call him a pedophile. I really enjoy watching the town meeting -- 15 minutes of chaos and whining for no reason. People continue to amuse me. BTW, why is it OK to use "pedophile" as an insult? If you used other mental diseases as insults, it's considered offensive. ("You're a retard!") (Incidentally, I am not sure what insult to use for someone that t…

I clicked through to the link where the people in the town meeting call him a pedophile

I would like to hear that someone was sued for slander for that. It's an outrageous accusation as a weak "Witch!" cry because their poorly raised, nit wit, addled youth are morons.

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Once again, the expectation of privacy while committing crimes is violated. oh, where will this end? Must we be accountable for every little thing we do? Of course, I'm joking. I applaud the posting. We had a similar thing near here where a package thief was recorded making her rounds. And the thieves among us commented how terrible it was that she was put on public display for her crimes. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

> Must we be accountable for every little thing we do? Of course you're right that in general people must be held accountable for their crimes. However, it's somewhat different for children, who need and deserve some protection from the stupid things they do in their youth. I fully support the punishment of the children, and any and all legal ramifications they receive, but I don't believe they should be help account…

"the first result in Google will be the post with their names and their foolish youthful actions..."

Actually it won't be... Google works like the world does. If these kids were to do more valuable things with there time and be recognized for that, then these pages with fall in their ranking.

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