Democracy? - "Upskirting law" blocked by one MP

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  1. tobyornottoby

    tobyornottoby Well-Known Member

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    Has anyone seen this bill?

    What does "up the skirt" mean?

    Does it have angles involved?

    Does it mean that if you're taking a photo of someone higher up than you on e.g. a staircase when someone else happens to think their arse is on view thereby, that you can end up in jail for 2 years?

    When females are on beaches and by pools, sometimes starkers anyway, this kind of thing needs proper consideration, before all hell lets loose

    Unless women don't actually wear undies when they go out. In which case I've been wasting half my youth thinking how to get them off.
     
  2. Journo Tyke

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    Completely agree, absolutely scandalous and ridiculous.
     
  3. tobyornottoby

    tobyornottoby Well-Known Member

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    OK then you go on and explain exactly what this law might actually mean.

    Do you think that "it's illegal to take photos of women's undercarriage" would be a law that could in any way be enforceable?

    How would you phrase your law?

    p.s.do we have a "big cleavage " law coming (sorry) next?
     
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    I think it's really sad that there's a need for a law on this, regardless of what the ***** of an MP says. It's just so clearly and obviously wrong. How on earth could someone argue against such a law? Mind boggling.
     
  5. Journo Tyke

    Journo Tyke Well-Known Member

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    I'm referring to the fact that one MP can veto a law.

    But yes, taking photos up girls/women's skirts/dresses without consent is disgusting. Of course it can be enforceable with evidence, like anything else can.
     
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    Wasting your breath with that one lad.
     
  7. tobyornottoby

    tobyornottoby Well-Known Member

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    I'm all for prosecution for lewd photos without consent.

    But just "upskirt" is too vague a concept.
     
  8. Journo Tyke

    Journo Tyke Well-Known Member

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    Well personally I haven't seen the law fully written down so I can't comment.
     
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    Can you give an example of a legitimate photo which you'd also describe as "upskirt"? Because I'm honestly struggling.
     
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    Of course, I agree with you Dave but try googling the Tenth Man Rule and you may get closer to his motives.
    Still ***** though.
     
  11. tobyornottoby

    tobyornottoby Well-Known Member

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    The Scots have managed it, though anyone wanting to venture up the Sturgeon skirt might need incarceration rather than imprisonment.
     
  12. tobyornottoby

    tobyornottoby Well-Known Member

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    This is my point. If you're talking about pervies trawling with their iphones on sticks, no probs.

    If you take a photo from below of your wife on a staircase, with some short skirted offended woman walking by on said same staircase, who is on your photo, then 2 years in jail?
     
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    ...

    Why would you take a photo of your wife from the bottom or a public staircase looking upwards?
     
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    I'd also imagine the law would have to prove intent. Easy enough to do if the upskirt shot is the obvious focus of a photo.
     
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    That's an everyday scenario. Weddings, funerals and bar mitzvahs. It's a big risk taking a photograph of your wife/partner/children/best mate these days.
     
  16. tobyornottoby

    tobyornottoby Well-Known Member

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    For once we may agree, Conan.

    Though suggesting you have a best mate is a bridge too far for me.
     
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    Conan Troutman Well-Known Member

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    You know my best mate.
     
  18. tobyornottoby

    tobyornottoby Well-Known Member

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    You may be right.

    But anyway, what is so wonderful about a picture of someone's knickers?

    There's enough porn on the net to kill excitement stone dead anyway.
     
  19. tobyornottoby

    tobyornottoby Well-Known Member

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    Is it the mirror?
     
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    Not once in my adult life (or at any point since being a toddler) have I attempted to look up a woman's skirt, be that with my eyes or a camera. The underside of a pair of knickers doesn't exactly get me all hot and bothered
     

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