If the law is wrong a good cause
When South Carolina recently passed a law, a computer technician to law enforcement officers, the names and addresses of people on the computers which they find child pornography, which was scream loud and persistent. The journalists were negative and, more generally, outraged that the State Legislative approve the accounts and the Dir Jim Hodges signed. In Information Week’s Listening Post, the comments were equally unilateral. Players responded that the law is well intentioned, but quite inappropriate.
The grounds in support of the rule of law and of its inherent weaknesses have been carefully checked. Who exactly is a computer technician? How many computers are equipped people to identify what is not pornography? What is the risk of ruining someone’s reputation is not necessary if a mistake? Is there a clear definition of what pornography? These issues are not new. They were before (unsuccessfully) for the film processors, under penalty of six months in prison and a fine of $ 500, were required by law, report the receipt of the child they perceived as pornographic photographs.
There is no doubt that most of us believe that we have a moral and ethical obligation, as a society and individuals to ensure that sexual abuse of children is not allowed. What is worrying, but the implicit assumption is that the law in South Carolina, it reasonable to extend the mandate of subjective private citizens to decide what is pornographic and their employees or customers as potential criminals. What is equally disturbing - and it has not been analyzed - is why the legislature to approve these statutes and what we can do as citizens in this regard.
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