Re: Naked children indecent - official

On Wed, 31 May 2006 18:02:25 +0100, "Harry the Horse"
<HarryAtTheStable@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Alex Heney" <me8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The problem there (if it is a problem) is that the law does not define
"indecent", that is left to the opinion of the jury (or magistrate).

There is the same lack of defintion with respect to an 'antique' firearm.
It is left to a jury to decide. It proved so difficult that the Home Office
was obliged to publish guidelines of what might be considered an antique
firearm. Perhaps that approach could be considered here as well.

And I must admit that personally, my sympathies lie with the way it
works in practice, rather than what may be technically correct.

What do you think the law is achieving now that would not achieve if it were
applied correctly?

I imagine he means that it locks up "wrong 'uns" who would otherwise
walk free.

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Dissenter
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