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
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.
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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.
You are.
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.
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.
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.
"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?
Of course not. Ever hear of citizen reporting or do you think only the big networks are allowed to publish pictures?
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.
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.
"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.
I'm cheering him!
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?
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.
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!
The tabloids take implicating photos of people all the time. Yet this guy's worried about one man stepping on porn buyers' toes. Whatever.
'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?
LOL!!
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.
ROFL! I like your strange sense of humor.
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