> Actually the most disturbing detail is the articles final sentence, it > sounds like a unfinished sketch from Little Britain.
the thing that really concerns me is the debashment of the "Sex Offenders List". I thought this was a list of people who could be considered a danger to other peope. It seems to have become (over there) a list of people who do not have poltically correct sex. Is it the same here?
> > Actually the most disturbing detail is the articles final sentence, it > > sounds like a unfinished sketch from Little Britain.
> the thing that really concerns me is the debashment of the "Sex > Offenders List". I thought this was a list of people who could be > considered a danger to other peope. It seems to have become (over there) > a list of people who do not have poltically correct sex. Is it the same > here?
I was thinking that too. What consenting adults do together or when alone in their room behind locked doors should never be a concern of the state. The charge would seem wholly appropriate if he was doing it in public place or with a minor or in any way that would cause physical or psychological harm to anyone else, but the facts of the case are that some guy was caught with his pants down alone in his room with the door locked, by a couple of cleaners who entered using a master key. Terribly embarrassing I'm sure, but hardly a threat to society and clearly not with the intent to harm anyone else.
> > > Actually the most disturbing detail is the articles final sentence, it > > > sounds like a unfinished sketch from Little Britain.
> > the thing that really concerns me is the debashment of the "Sex > > Offenders List". I thought this was a list of people who could be > > considered a danger to other peope. It seems to have become (over there) > > a list of people who do not have poltically correct sex. Is it the same > > here?
> I was thinking that too. What consenting adults do together or when > alone in their room behind locked doors should never be a concern of > the state. The charge would seem wholly appropriate if he was doing > it in public place or with a minor or in any way that would cause > physical or psychological harm to anyone else, but the facts of the > case are that some guy was caught with his pants down alone in his > room with the door locked, by a couple of cleaners who entered using a > master key. Terribly embarrassing I'm sure, but hardly a threat to > society and clearly not with the intent to harm anyone else.
> Travis
Do you reckon they would have charged him if he'd merely been engaged in a bit of old-fashioned Onanism?
Regardless, when he gets sentenced I expect he's looking at a stiff penal stretch.
> Terribly embarrassing I'm sure, but hardly a threat to > society and clearly not with the intent to harm anyone else.
Cheap laughs aside, seriously what is the moral dilemma? The cleaners could of just left it with a mildly funny anecdote, why further inform the hotel manager & the cops? The other issue regarding interfering with pavements is more of a worry, ie: committing a public nuisance & just plain icky.
Although the English may have a thing about bike love, recall this ad from UK FoE a few years ago?
> > Terribly embarrassing I'm sure, but hardly a threat to > > society and clearly not with the intent to harm anyone else.
> Cheap laughs aside, seriously what is the moral dilemma? The cleaners > could of just left it with a mildly funny anecdote, why further inform > the hotel manager & the cops? The other issue regarding interfering with > pavements is more of a worry, ie: committing a public nuisance & just > plain icky.
> Although the English may have a thing about bike love, recall this ad > from UK FoE a few years ago?
> > Terribly embarrassing I'm sure, but hardly a threat to > > society and clearly not with the intent to harm anyone else.
> Cheap laughs aside, seriously what is the moral dilemma? The cleaners > could of just left it with a mildly funny anecdote, why further inform > the hotel manager & the cops?
Lots of Calvinists up in Scotland, I hear that they're nearly as bad as far-right fundamentalist Xtains on what they see as "moral" issues.
You've got a point there, but as BTH mentions, some folks do get their arses bent out of shape over what should remain personal matters. Oh dear, bad puns again.
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