Illegal Porn That Is Neither

When zero-tolerance zealots attack:

An Illinois National Guard soldier in Afghanistan has been charged by the U.S. Army with possessing child pornography over pictures of a young relative his mother says she sent him.

Terri Miller of Galesburg says she sent her son, Specialist Billy Miller, pictures of the little girl to help him get over his homesickness. The pictures show the child in a swimsuit playing in a wading pool and sitting on a truck. In one, the girl is wearing a swim suit and part of her buttocks are exposed.

What, like this Coppertone illustration? (Can you even imagine the tut-tutting and indignation this 1950s ad would provoke if it made its debut today? And for what?)

In the Miller case, it appears that

...the child is a relative Billy treated as his own child when the girl was diagnosed with cancer as her father was going through boot camp. The family notes that the same pictures are on family computers and on Facebook pages, and no one else has been investigated.

Interesting. If justice is blind and impartial, why isn't Billy's mother in jail? She is, after all, the self-confessed provider of the alleged smut.

What I hate about writing posts like these is that you're just about forced to make a disclaimer along these lines: Well, we have no access to the images, and they're not going to made public. Therefore, the photos could be just as objectionable as the military prosecutors believe. Yes, it could be that Specialist Billy Miller specializes in collecting lascivious pictures of undressed kindergartners.

But somehow, I don't think so.

I suspect these are the usual innocuous images that nonetheless get adults in hot water over and over and over. It's what happens whenever some "morally superior" asshole inadvertently lays bare the dark recesses of his own mind upon seeing others' leisure-time family photos and, in a panicky effort to suppress his own boner, loudly decries sexual overtones where there are none.

Even if Billy Miller is acquitted, suspicions will swirl, perhaps even in his own mind. The poison injected into his relationship with the little girl is nasty and ineradicable. In seeking to protect her innocence, investigators and prosecutors are more likely to destroy it, because the success of their actions depends in some measure on whether they can make a prepubescent cancer survivor believe that her loving Uncle Billy, deep down, is a vile, nauseating would-be abuser.

There's something vile here alright, and it isn't that the offending photos were posted on Facebook without anyone raising a stink.

Comments

[hanmeng]

Meanwhile, political correctness enabled the Ft. Hood Shooter to continue in his career even though he was apparently incompetent.

[GreginOz]

'It's what happens whenever some "morally superior" asshole inadvertently lays bare the dark recesses of his own mind '
Got it in uno, Roj! Also had to re-read that link on a women BREASTFEEDING investigated for child molestation. That surely proves the death of irony...OH NO! wait; that was Obomber winning the Nobel Peace prize! Snigger.

[Cheshire Conference Venue]

a really interesting viewpoint here, and one a lot of people would be afraid to make public, so well done for bringing some sense to things. Also thanks for digging out the coppertone image- always had that suncream when i was little and remembered the girl and dog but not the brand so thanks for that too!

[kevin]

you said it well. not some one from the bbc. about sex Trafficking

http://www.flatearthnews.net/category/blog/bbc3-and-sex-trafficking

hat tip nick davies from flat earth news

[George Arndt]

It's not just zero-tolorance, but zero- logic, zero common sense and zero brians

[Bash Young]

I think, giving values to ourselves and family members resist us to temptations like watching porn and having involved to sex. Giving time to more opportunities for us to grow.

[Saw Bow Duh!]

Let's pray for each other. For the benefit of everyone, not for the benefit of our own pleasure.

[kathy thing]

I decided to become a nun!

[eva yan]

energy never dies!

[Can Two thin]

Why is it that sometimes, life is boring without sex

[eva yan]

Time slows down, whenever your around...

[ibon nyie]

Porn must be legal. . For us to be happy

[rose]

Very well said!

[coco]

i wont use internet without porn

[zigzag]

Porn is here to stay, no matter who much the government banned it.

Everything is gonna be ok..

[PETER C.]

Weird site. Jusst browsing. First article fascinating and proves injustice. Perhaps I have missed the point with the rest of the items.