http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress Protecting Children and Their Neighborhoods Fri, 18 May 2012 17:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/05/12/the-right-and-wrong-responses-to-sexting/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/05/12/the-right-and-wrong-responses-to-sexting/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 15:39:17 +0000 admin http://communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=742 discusses the unintended consequences of proposed legislation in Vermont that would exempt certain age-groups participating in the sending of "sexually charged" images or videos via cell phone from being classified as sex offenders. According to Leary, the legislation will (1) ignore the "unique harm" presented by the easy distribution of such images; (2) impede the investigation of actual child pornography; (3) "provide a built-in defense for pedophiles"; and (4) expand the "marketplace" of child exploitation.]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/05/12/the-right-and-wrong-responses-to-sexting/feed/ 0