Protect the children is getting to be a tired old mantra. People tend to get out of hand though. Voyeurs and exhibitionists are everywhere. As long as they aren’t forcing anyone to watch them, I have no problem with what they do.
Unfortunately, we live in a sensationalist society full of hypocrites and people who enjoy watching others get punished for things they’ve done that didn’t hurt anyone else.
BARTLETT, TN (WMC-TV) – Bartlett Grove Park sits in the middle of a subdivision. It’s a favorite spot for children, and was recently the site of an adult website porno shoot. The video clip we discovered begins innocently enough. “I thought I’d come out for the day,” says the “model.” She then exposes herself on the playground slide. “She’s definitely a tramp — just nasty,” parent Barbara Taylor said in reaction to the video. The part that upsets me is not that someone decided to get naked on a slide. As far as I can tell there were no children around at the time. Other then upsetting parent Barbara Taylor, Bartlett’s official tramp detector, I fail to understand what this woman did that hurt anyone.
Here’s the part that upsets me:
Bartlett Police Capt. Tina Schaber said the girl in the video is clearly breaking a law. “Public indecency right off the bat,” she said. Police got on the case after Action News 5 clued them in. “I don’t think this would be appropriate for an adult to see in a park — much less a child,” Schaber said. According to Schaber, the model and those video-taping her could be charged with a number of other crimes. “These days, who knows?” she said. “She could be over 18 — she could be under 18.”
What crime? Anytime someone brings up crime the first thing I want to know is who got hurt. In this case the answer is no one. Don’t we have enough societal problems without making a mountain out of a molehill?
The unfortunate thing about our legal system is that anyone who disagrees with anything you do can probably find a person in a uniform with a gun who is willing to punish you for something. I’d much prefer we lived in a system where you actually had to commit a crime before authorities would come running with tasers and citation pads at the ready.
Who got hurt? No one? Then mind your own business.