banned-taking-pictures-grandson

[chas2008]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1214990/Detective-led-Soham-murder-probe-banned-taking-pictures-grandson-playing-football-case-paedophile.html

this is just getting beyond a joke now, my son in law wanted to take photos of my grandson on a wateslide in a small holiday park and nearly got thrown out as there is a ' no camera rule', WTF !!
During the same holiday i wanted to take pictures of all my grandsons ( 6 of them ) on Peranporth beach i actually felt like a criminal...
Until this situation is resolved there will be generations of children growing up with no photographic record..

[chas2008]

its one big step from taking pics to what the Leicester lorry driver did, and would pics have caused him to do it? i dont think so somehow...

[ELVIS68]

Last year on Holiday in Weymouth a woman was taking pictures of her 3 kids in the
swimming pool when the lifeguard told her to stop, he explained it was not allowed
by the pool area, company rules etc, to say she went mad is an understatement

As for schools not allowing pictures to be taken during sports day etc, It`s not because
of perverts or paedos, it`s incase a child is in care or fostered and the pictures are seen by
their parents, therefore tracing them

[jackthehat]

Paedolphiles will crop the head of one child (innocently playing, etc) and paste it onto a photograph showing the body of a child in the process of being abused. This then, in effect, creates a 'new' child for them to focus their attentions on.
Viewing the same image time after time ceases to give them the same levels of arousal.........a 'new' child re-ignites the former levels of 'interest'.

I believe that there is a pyschological term for this but trawling the net for paedophile references leaves me feeling slightly grubby.........

[socket2008]

I sometimes film games for my local club. Permission and even a written undertaking usually has to be given. This includes both still and video camera use. Any fans taking pics with their mobiles are asked to stop or ejected from the ground by the stewards. Even children can be removed for the same reason.

The one thing never pointed out in all of this is that whenever you hear or read about peds being arrested, never is it about them having pictures of school plays or children at footie matches. The fact is if someone were arrested even under suspicion, it would be perfectly legal for someone to have thousands of general pictures of nativity plays on their pc.

World gone mad? Probably. Bit like having an armed security guard patrolling the sweetie aisle in tesco during the school run.

[karenmac60]

There are plenty of pictures of children available in every day life - look at any newspaper, catalogue, magazine etc. There are also children wandering about in every town, every day. Are we going to get into a position where children must not be seen in the media or in the flesh just in case there is a paedophile out there. Most children are abused by someone they know, either a family ember or a family friend - someone who is trusted and would have free access to take pictures of the child. We have to have a little common sense here and stop thinking the danger is some stranger with a camera. Parents have to be responsible for who their children spend time with and make sure they are safe - not spend their time worrying that everyone with a camera is a kiddie fiddler, that's just a diversion from the real problem.