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PORN-AGAIN STAR (actor Stephen Baldwin, born-again Christian, acts against nabe sex shop)
NY POST ^ | 1/18/06 | BILL HOFFMANN and HASANI GITTENS

Posted on 01/18/2006 8:08:47 AM PST by Liz


PEEPIN' STEPHEN: Stephen Baldwin, a born-again Christian, plans to snap photos of license plates of people going into a Nyack store once it's a sex shop, then publicize their names. Photo: Djamilla Rosa/WireImage.com

Actor Stephen Baldwin has his shorts in a bunch over a sex shop opening near his estate in Rockland County.....

The least-known of the Baldwins, Stephen, a born-again Christian, parked himself outside the Route 59 location in Nyack and took snapshots of construction workers walking in and out of the building.

Once the smut shop opens in a few months, the 39-year-old star of "The Usual Suspects" plans to photograph patrons' license plates and run their names in the local newspaper to shame them from ever returning.

His beef is that the store is within a quarter-mile of the community's residential area. "This is a thoroughfare that I drive by many, many times as do college kids, mothers with their children," Baldwin said.

He said he and other residents protested at Nyack planning-board meetings and asked the owner, Quintus Algama of Hollis, Queens, to choose a more distant location, but he wouldn't listen.

In addition to selling sex toys and porn, the shop will also feature video booths where patrons can watch hardcore flicks in total privacy.

"These guys want to do this business, God bless 'em. That's between them and God. They'll have to deal with that for eternity. But the people of Nyack do not want this location where it is," Baldwin said.

Baldwin said he's already enlisted the help of dozens of students of nearby Nyack College who'll be at the store the day it opens to protest.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: RTINSC
I object to people like you and Baldwin who think it is OK to photograph strangers entering adult stores and then publishing these photos with the implication that these people are immoral or of bad character. Neither you nor Baldwin knows the reason people go into the store.

Object all you like. If there was no shame involved, if everyone thought this was ok, it wouldn't matter. It's not illegal to take pics and publish them as "Seen at this business". They are experiencing shame because of THEIR behaviour. And in a previous article, this has been cleared by his local police already.

Suppose you were that accountant. What would you do?

I'd have an office like most accountants do.

201 posted on 01/18/2006 2:57:38 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: RTINSC; Siena Dreaming
Show me a post where a Freeper has justified porn.

You are.

202 posted on 01/18/2006 2:58:31 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: RTINSC
#4 for one. Not caring about shopping in a retail store or some such.

Porn is porn. It's not just a "retail store." Another way to normalize bad behavior.

Baldwin's got it right IMO. A private citizen can take a few photos of folks engaging in bad behavior. Far different from Government intrusion. Just as it should be.

203 posted on 01/18/2006 2:59:29 PM PST by Siena Dreaming
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To: yellowdoghunter

You have a right to object to having porn businesses in your neighborhood. I don't want them in my neighborhood either. However, if you take the tactic of photographing people entering the store and publish their photo with the implication that they are immoral, you will no doubt be sued
and sued substantially. Good intentions mean little in court.


204 posted on 01/18/2006 3:00:32 PM PST by RTINSC (There is no guarantee of Success but Failure is guaranteed if you are not successful..)
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To: AmericanDave
Only if you promise to stand there with the camera (it would help if you brought some grease and bling to complete the effect).
205 posted on 01/18/2006 3:01:53 PM PST by M203M4
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To: RTINSC

Lingerie is porn donchaknow. It is best to have sex in the dark, as close to fully clothed as possible. And if it isn't painful, you aren't doing it right. If she is without child in a few months, you can try again.


206 posted on 01/18/2006 3:05:05 PM PST by M203M4
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To: Siena Dreaming

"A private citizen can take a few photos of folks engaging in bad behavior."

He can take all the photos he wants, IMO. He crosses the line though, if he publishes these photos with the implication that those in the photo are immoral or of bad character.

Do you agree with that?


207 posted on 01/18/2006 3:08:55 PM PST by RTINSC (There is no guarantee of Success but Failure is guaranteed if you are not successful..)
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To: RTINSC
Do you agree with that?

Of course not. Ever hear of citizen reporting or do you think only the big networks are allowed to publish pictures?

208 posted on 01/18/2006 3:11:26 PM PST by Siena Dreaming
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To: RTINSC; Siena Dreaming
He crosses the line though, if he publishes these photos with the implication that those in the photo are immoral or of bad character.

The police have already told Baldwin that it is legal for him to publish the pics. All he has to do is say "Seen at Blah blah blah". He's inferring nothing.

209 posted on 01/18/2006 3:14:25 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
All he has to do is say "Seen at Blah blah blah".

And I'm sure he'll have no trouble saying that. That's his whole purpose I believe.

His purpose is to shut down the shop. I hope he achieves it. His neighborhood will be more wholesome for it.

210 posted on 01/18/2006 3:17:35 PM PST by Siena Dreaming
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To: DJ MacWoW

"It's not illegal to take pics and publish them as "Seen at this business".

You can't be serious with that statement. It's subject to civil action. Guilt by association is not a winning argument.

"This has been cleared by his local police already"

The police will not be paying when the civil suits are over.


211 posted on 01/18/2006 3:19:42 PM PST by RTINSC (There is no guarantee of Success but Failure is guaranteed if you are not successful..)
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To: Siena Dreaming
His purpose is to shut down the shop. I hope he achieves it. His neighborhood will be more wholesome for it.

I'm cheering him!

212 posted on 01/18/2006 3:23:35 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: Siena Dreaming

Suppose a photo of you suddenly appeared in the local paper with you entering a local weight loss clinic with the caption "Seen Here Frequently". You would be happy, right?


213 posted on 01/18/2006 3:24:29 PM PST by RTINSC (There is no guarantee of Success but Failure is guaranteed if you are not successful..)
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To: RTINSC

Sorry. There's no law against taking pics on public property. It's been all over news so they can't claim they didn't know. I think the police would know more about the law than you.


214 posted on 01/18/2006 3:28:12 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: RTINSC
Equating weight loss clinic with a porn store?

LOL Aren't you the one who said no one on this board was justifying porn? And then you go ahead and equate it with a healthy thing like weight loss?

I would laugh if I saw that photo. I certainly would not sue!

215 posted on 01/18/2006 3:28:12 PM PST by Siena Dreaming
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To: DJ MacWoW

The tabloids take implicating photos of people all the time. Yet this guy's worried about one man stepping on porn buyers' toes. Whatever.


216 posted on 01/18/2006 3:29:45 PM PST by Siena Dreaming
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To: RTINSC

'Suppose a photo of you suddenly appeared in the local paper with you entering a local weight loss clinic with the caption "Seen Here Frequently". You would be happy, right?'

Where is the shame in trying to improve yourself?


217 posted on 01/18/2006 3:30:30 PM PST by AmericanDave (More COWBELL....................)
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To: Siena Dreaming

LOL!!


218 posted on 01/18/2006 3:32:00 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

You must have trouble reading. There is no law against taking pictures anywhere. However, publishing photos of people with the implication they are immoral or of bad character for entering a legal business would most certainly be subject to civil action. Your post gives the impression you do not know the difference between civil and criminal law.


219 posted on 01/18/2006 3:33:37 PM PST by RTINSC (There is no guarantee of Success but Failure is guaranteed if you are not successful..)
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To: parsifal
In Arkansas, the high sex drive is directly related to the gasoline tax. Our roads down here are terrible. You can't drive to the convenience store and back without being shook and vibrated near 'bout to arousal.

ROFL! I like your strange sense of humor.

220 posted on 01/18/2006 3:38:37 PM PST by arasina (So there.)
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