Children charged with distributing child pornography. In this age of the cell phones, where almost every child of minimum age of 14 years in Canada has a cell phone,---- or an iphone, ipod, i pad, -----the texting of images is pretty well commonplace.

However, when a 14 year old boy receives an image from a girl that he knows, who is topless in the image, it is not that difficult to figure out that the hormones of a 14 year old boy is going to kick in. The apparent form of morals goes out the so-called window, instead of just forgetting about what he has just seen.

The distinction is to be made of the Rehtaeh Parsons and Amanda Todd sexual assualt and cyberbullying cases are not the same as the 'images' that underaged girls are sending to underaged boys. That is to say, to put in plain language, underaged girls should not be sending 'images' of themselves topless, to underaged boys, or to anybody, in case the message not be clear.

You will note that the underaged boys were charged with possession and distributing child pornography, while the underaged girls who sent the images of themselves were not charged.

From the National Post by Joseph Brean | October 5, 2016

Ruined: When children themselves feel the full brunt of child pornography laws

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/ruined-when-children-themselves-feel-the-full-brunt-of-child-pornography-laws

He was hardly alone. After a parent complained to a principal, detectives uncovered what became known as the Kamloops child porn ring. More than 50 teenagers, the majority female, had been sharing sexual images illegally.

Rumour had it that other kids tossed their phones into the river to protect themselves. In the end, only three boys were charged, from three different schools. “It had an appearance of (being) very selective as to who was charged and why,” says Bill Sundhu, S.B.’s lawyer. The result was a cautionary tale.

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Parents are as baffled by all this as judges appear to be.

“It’s funny, because when we were in high school, you’d go to a school dance and kiss four or five different girls, and you’d go in a corner and tell your buddies, right? Now, there’s not even school dances. They’re trading these pictures left and right, and, you know, is it wrong? Yes. But these girls that are doing it too, where are their morals?” said S.B.’s father from Kamloops.

“I can understand if you’re bullying them for pictures and you’re not stopping, that’s a whole different aspect. But when these girls are freely sending a picture to these kids, a 15-year-old kid that’s going through a whole bunch of emotional (changes), puberty and all this other stuff, hey, you know what, that’s a tough spot for these kids to be in, to make a decision (and say) ‘Hey don’t send these pictures.’”

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Robert
Sarnia, Ontario
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