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Edward Kennedy from Toronto, Canada writes: It seems to me that the acts filmed are already chargeable as violent crimes and the videos posted on the internet are simply evidence of those crimes.
The proposed law seems to want to further criminalize the factor of 'intent to post' as crime greater than the violent act itself. As a motive, it is just one more motive of many possible which makes this proposed law seem a bit misplaced to me.
had the crimes been simply videotaped and not posted, would that make the crimes any more or less heinous?
If the video's in question had been staged performances could the poster be charged under this law even though no criminal act occured?
If a soldier films a portion of the conflict where their intent is to kill or maim the enemy and they subsequently post the footage on line are they guilty of a felony?
The laws related to the acts of violence themselves are already clear. A proposal such as this seems to be more of a media friendly attention grabber than a serious attempt to curb violence.
This law will not be going anywhere fast.- Posted 13/05/08 at 1:02 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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