Focus is on photographer with an eye for cheerleaders

Omaha.com ^ | 02.06.03

[Lunatic Fringe]

America has gone insane....

[Robert_Paulson2]

what law does this "violate?"

Just curious...

[Robert_Paulson2]

was he an arab or something?

did he threaten someone?

[JennysCool]

Yes it has. And your screen name perfectly fits!

If cheerleaders get upset with guys watching them or snapping their pictures, perhaps they should take to wearing burkas.

[speedy]

Sounds like Clinton's in town.

[CGASMIA68]

BALIF,"WACK OFF HIS PEEPEE"

[not-an-ostrich]

This is the kind of behavior that led to the phrase "dirty old man".

[jwfiv]

"I plead insanity...I'm just crazy about that stuff."

[Cultural Jihad]

America has gone insane....

... thanks in large part to the moral-liberal industries making a profit off of licentiousness and perversion. If the people of a community don't want dirty old men paying too much improper attention to their minor daughters (or sons) then they have a right to discourage their actions.

In a sane America (pre-ACLU, pre-Woodstock, pre-LP and pre-MTV) this elderly man would have been given the bum's rush to the nearest trainyard for a one-way ride out of town.

[CGASMIA68]

WAS THAT OLD FIRE SIGN STUFF? I CANT RECALL IT JUST POPPED IN MY MIND AND YOUR POST REINFORCED IT

[expatpat]

Nothing's sacred anymore. You can't be a Dirty Old Man, now, and I've just reached retirement age!

[KansasCanadian]

[KansasCanadian]

[ZOOKER]

Cheech and Chong

[KansasCanadian]

Seeing double, anyone?

[GhostofWCooper]

This is stupid. I have noticed (in channel surfing) ESPN broadcasts of cheerleading competitions.. The stage was teeming with young ladies jumping, dancing and generally 'shakin their booties' for a fairly large TV audience.

I guess the old 'pervert' isn't alone...
The cheerleaders all wear the flashy plastic smile, to go along with their skimpy outfits.
The 'dirty old man' committed the crime of looking at pretty, vivacious girls while being old.
It's bulls--t.

[Arkinsaw]

If the people of a community don't want dirty old men paying too much improper attention to their minor daughters (or sons) then they have a right to discourage their actions.

I fail to see how taking photographs at a public event can be restricted by the government.

I doubt that either the government, or the people, would have much of a legal case to prevent someone from taking a photograph of something at a public event that it is not illegal to look at with their own two eyes, or that would not raise an eyebrow if viewed on the 10 o'clock sportscast.

If the man does something illegal with the photographs or sells them for profit without permission in a manner likely to cause harm then they have a case. But the government cannot prosecute someone or prohibit them from doing something that is legal because of what they think he or she is thinking.

I'm surprised someone would actually want the government to be able to do that.

[yarddog]

There is a basic conflict here.

How can his photographs contain different material than is being displayed openly to everyone. If there is something which he should not photograph then it should not be shown.

[Mensch]

Just to put things in context...