Texas law on children seeing porn being challenged - Truckers' Trucking Forum

Baack · **^ Top** #1 3 Weeks Ago

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DALLAS – A 1970s-era Texas law that allows parents to show "harmful material" to their children has come under fire after a prosecutor said he couldn't file charges against a man accused of forcing his 8- and 9-year-old daughters to watch hardcore online pornography.
Randall County District Attorney James Farren has asked the Texas attorney general's office to review his decision not to pursue charges in the case, which has prompted at least one lawmaker to vow to change the state's public indecency law.
"Our hands are tied. It's not our fault. I have to follow the law," Farren said Thursday. "The mother of the victims in this case was less than happy with this decision, which I understand. We were less than happy with the statute."
The law apparently was meant to protect the privacy of parents who wanted to teach children about sex education, but it states clearly that parents can't be prosecuted for showing "harmful material" to their children.
Farren said police reported the incident to his office after one of the girls told a counselor in June that her father made them watch adults having group sex and various other acts at his home in Amarillo. The parents of the girls, and their 7-year-old sister, are divorced and share custody.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/...ts_pornography

Spacer · **^ Top** #2 3 Weeks Ago

I can see the logical extension of the opposition...

Little Johnny's new cellmate: "Hey, whaddaya in for?"

Little Johnny: "Uh... I saw #######!"

Spacer · **^ Top** #3 3 Weeks Ago

Holy cats, this censor program is sensitive. It pounded out bewbies?!?!

truckermario · **^ Top** #4 3 Weeks Ago

If the intent of the law was to protect sex education, I say the screwed up.

kajidono · **^ Top** #5 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Spacer

Holy cats, this censor program is sensitive. It pounded out bewbies?!?!

Yes, but tits are still fine.

msmspilot · **^ Top** #6 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by kajidono

Yes, but tits are still fine.

Totally off topic:
I was on an aviation forum where we were discussing turbine inlet temperatures. Common abbreviation: TITs. Forum censored it every time unless you typed "T.I.T.s"

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