George S. said:
I couldn't agree with you more, Bill. I wonder how the authorities will prove that the person's mind was affected sexually and not in any other "approved" way. I'd think they'd have a difficult time prosecuting someone for merely taking a photograph.
I have been following the application of this law in Texas very closely since becoming aware of it. Recently, a high school principal was arrested for placing a hidden camera in a lady's bathroom and recording it. He has since resigned, and will no doubt be going to prison. And good on it! The creators of this law say that's what they intended it to be used for.
However, as we have already seen in Texas, police and prosecutors are using it way outside of those boundaries - accosting people taking photos at public events whom others complain about - they made them feel 'uncomfortable' and thus, they must cease that immediately!
The law is too broad, too vague, and way too dangerous.
"Being made to feel uncomfortable" is becoming some sort of rallying cry in the USA. If anything or anyone or any statement makes you feel uncomfortable, you have a RIGHT to be protected from seing/hearing/feeling whatever it is.
I have very little doubt that eventually, we will see
"Being an Objectionable Character" made into a felony in the USA, and of course, I will be seen on Post Office walls all through the nation, public enemy #1.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
