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Ponce
9th June 2011, 01:17 PM
The would probably say nothing if it shows a Zionist killing a Palestinian kid >:( , but show a poor "Jew" being killed by a Nazy and it would get an award.
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Law bans Internet images that cause 'emotional distress'.

First posted: Thursday, June 9, 2011 12:05:10 EDT PM

Blurred images on the Internet could become much more common in Tennessee.

4Share There goes the Internet.

A new Tennessee law makes it a crime to post an image online that might "frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress" to someone.

As reported by the technology website Ars Technica, the state already has a law against making phone calls, sending e-mails or otherwise communicating with someone in a way that would cause emotional distress. This latest ban, signed by Gov. Bill Haslam last week, is an update to that law.

The difference is that offenders may be prosecuted even if it's not the intended recipient who is "distressed." Anyone who sees the image - which means anyone on the Internet - could claim it upset them.

Prosecution can lead to almost a year in jail or up to $2,500 in fines.

The law even includes postings on social networking sites, giving law enforcement access to those drunken Facebook photos and tweeted pictures of your lunch if they can demonstrate that the content is "relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation."

Privacy experts, including UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh, say the law is unconstitutional.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/09/law-bans-internet-images-that-cause-emotional-distress

D sciple
9th June 2011, 01:23 PM
hmm no distressing phone calls either? Wonder if they allow collection agencies to call folks.

drafter
9th June 2011, 02:06 PM
"frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress"

So I can sue the government if I see a picture of a politician, cop, or other assorted JBT?? I'm not itimidated by, frightened by, or emotionally distressed about anything other than government and the power of life or death that it holds over us.

Bullion_Bob
9th June 2011, 05:41 PM
Where is gay porn on the list? Maybe many women don't like seeing lesbians engaging in hard core lewd acts either. Who gets to say? What if the emotional distress is accumulative, is it still emotional distress?

Perhaps pictures of spiders, and snakes eating things. Pictures of dead animals.

Define emotional distress, and define the audience that is being caused "distress".

Maybe just ban massive segments of the internet until there's nothing left but but...oh yeah...that's right...hmm....yeap. I get the picture.

Where's my bitcoins...I need to buy some heroin, and cocaine on the internet , and have it shipped through customs.

Gaillo
9th June 2011, 05:56 PM
Idiot politicians doing what politicians do best... churn out more and more unenforceable BULLSHIT laws - until the BS reaches to the heavens! >:(

"Laws do not persuade just because they threaten"
-Seneca

Ash_Williams
9th June 2011, 06:09 PM
Use it against them.

General of Darkness
9th June 2011, 08:15 PM
Man, we've become a country of pussies. Oy vey everything.

ximmy
9th June 2011, 08:41 PM
Pictures pasted all over the internet of that ugly Obama, either grinning or with his mouth open as though some useful words are being conveyed out of his gross face, really piss me off causing anger, rage & hate... thus create in me deep emotional distress... :puke

Antonio
9th June 2011, 08:59 PM
Book is in trouble...

Book
10th June 2011, 07:38 AM
"frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress"



What about "mock"?

Horn
10th June 2011, 07:46 AM
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Burn Tennessee

Santa
10th June 2011, 08:16 AM
Don't make me cry.

http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac358/jackconrad/junk/771c705d.jpg

Book
10th June 2011, 10:58 AM
10

The look on his face.