[Cynnabar] A "minor" bit of censorship

[Randy Asplund]

On May 11, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Matt Lagemann wrote:

> Also know that I cannot publish any picture that has a recognizable  
> minor.


Wow. With no way to even trace that minor, the SCA has sunken into all  
new lows of paranoid delusion. As an educator and someone who has  
worked with kids on and off his whole life, I'm just appalled. This  
ranks right down there with the idea that having loudspeakers at the  
airport monotonously reporting that there is an "elevated security  
level orange" ( whatever that means- it never changes) somehow makes  
us safer.

Once upon a time (back when no predators of children existed anywhere  
at all),  people used to print newspapers and magazines, church group  
photos, cub scout and brownie pictures in newsletters, and even  
magazines, which would have loads of fully recognizable children of  
all ages in them. They even.... PUBLISHED THEIR NAMES!  
AAAaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Then the internet came along and now somebody in Phoenix AZ, Moscow,  
or Katmandu can see the anonymous children of the SCA right along with  
every other kid walking on the sidewalk or in a playground. Wow, how  
frightened we should all be.....

Oh wait, don't magazines, newspapers, church and children's  
organizations STILL publish photos of minors on the net??? Gee, I  
guess they must be really stupid to think they can "get away" with  
that, eh? They need to get with the program! They should all embrace  
extreme paranoia, just like the corporate SCA! Watch out for Aqualung!  
Quick, where's a big, airtight box where we can all hide? Freedom is  
out of fashion where frivolous legal liability is concerned. You can't  
do this anymore. You can't do that either. Now you can't share a great  
moment your kid had, or let them feel part of something. You aren't  
allowed. But don't you feel -SAFE?

Just sayin',

RanthulfR

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