Ah. It seems that this here is the bone of contention:
(From the Windsor Star article on the case; bold mine
"According to Section 173 of the Criminal Code of Canada, an indecent act charge applies to 'everyone who willfully does an indecent act in a public place
in the presence of one or more persons, or in any place with intent to insult or offend any person.'"
It will be interesting to see what 'in the presence' is judged to mean here. Does 'out of sight, out of mind' apply here or not? Notably the charge says nothing about filming people against their consent. It could be that the law for this just hasn't been made yet... Laws always lag behind societal development, and filming porn in libraries is a fairly new phenomenon.
I was pretty surprised to find that if someone accuses her in person, she could face up to two years(!) in prison. :shock: Otherwise six months is the max sentence. But even then how likely is she to get it? I'd say not very; she didn't flash any people
directly, even though her shows were extremely bold otherwise. If the judge is a male and she wears an open top to court, she'll get a slap on the, err,
wrist (yeah, that's it). :naughty:
In other news, someone has registered the domain [herrealname].com. Either someone hoping to sell it to her for a good price, or she's reserved it herself for her new career. Smart move in any case. :thumbleft:
EDIT: From the Facbook comments on the article:
"Her parents must be so proud..."
I've always found this to be one of the most heinous phrases in any language. Imo, no one should give a damn about what their parents think about them. And as a parent, you shouldn't take pride in anything your child does, nor should you be embarrassed for any reason for something that *they* do. This is because no one asks to be born, and because we're all our own entities, with free will etc. The extent of one's pride should be in how well they judge themselves to have *raised* the child; if you know you did your best and your child chooses unwisely (to you that is), then oh well. If otoh you know you didn't do your best, then it's on you to some extent. But even then your kid might view the issue differently (such as in Kendra's case, where her parents disapprove of her becoming a millionaire on body image + notoriety, a thing that she herself relishes (rightly, imo)). In short, when you choose to have children, you waive all rights to complaints or shame about them. Pride too, since it is the opposite of shame and they cannot exist without each other. Pride or shame over other people's acts is a sickness, and the world is better off without it.