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Maybe you should stop and think that there are some really sick tickets out there who would love to have those pics.
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We shouldn't have to give a shit, Eric.
My mother has pictures of me naked. I was playing in the hose in our backyard when I was two. I got my clothes soaking wet, and took them off, and continued to play in the hose. She thought it was cute, so she took pictures. I get teased about it at family get-togethers. Everyone in my family has at some point seen those photos and had a laugh about it. Even me.
The fact that there are some sick fucks in the world does not mean that my mother should censor her photos or pose her children to avoid taking pictures of them naked or otherwise. Nor should I have to do it with my kids one day, nor should anyone else.
The whistle-blowing and worrying about it is not saving any kids, and that's just the plain and simple truth. Many families have photos of this type of their members as kids. It happens. It was done innocently, and it is still innocent. It ceases to become innocent when some sicko decides to have a good time with those pictures and give them a pornographice bent.
People like this should be executed. It's the only punishment for child pornography stiff enough to deter the sickos.
People should not be worried about taking photos of a baby's birth to the photomat to have them developed. They should not have to worry about taking photos of their child having a first bath to the photomat to be developed. They should not have to worry about taking photos of toddlers playing naked to the photomat to be developed.
You speak of discretion, Eric, and this is by no means a crack at you, as I respect you greatly; but what of the discretion of the person at the photomat, to keep their mouth shut, mind their own damned business, and not go whistle-blowing because some parent brings in pictures of their two week old child being bathed to be developed?