Article 1: "Bus sex videotaping"

Should the people be videotaped?
After reading the article, i feel that it is hardly possible to restrict others from taking a picture or a video without formal consent with the technological advancements in the present age. These camera-integrated hand phones make it especially convienient for on-the-go scene captures. Besides, as mentioned in the article, critical evidence may present itself in the form of these "unauthorized" pictures and video. As such, it is hard to impose a hard and fast rule as for what can or cannot be filmed. It is also almost impossible to regulate such actions.Who is at fault for it is in the end, an act of freewill, just like molestation or rape would be. It is the consequences that result that would be the only barrier from preventing inapproriate usage of such devices.


Who is at fault?
Both parties.
The teens, being unable to control their actions should have thought of such consequences and fully deserve it. The only 3rd party that are innocent are the children, with their not-yet corrupted minds. The person who posted the video was short sighted and selfish. He did not mind the subjects in the video being berated or even despised by society, thus he was in the wrong too. I belive that a law could be set up to prevent people from repeating such idiotic acts of uploading inappropriate videos, such as fines or even jailing for a couple of days. Such videos should only be available for personal use and in the corporate world, would deliver immense repercussions.

What should not have been done?
Taking pictures of others in public without permission AND Most importantly getting discovered for doing so. Such actions are akin to the topic of flamming on blogs etc. Though these are not firmly established laws, they are distasteful to the victims and the society in general, especially in on that is conservative, that of Singapore.

Galen Howled at 3:35 PM