jhmcd2 opened this issue on Apr 10, 2008 · 306 posts
pjz99 posted Wed, 16 April 2008 at 11:52 AM
Quote - The odds of someone actually going into your house or stealing your car are miniscule, but we have been so trained to think otherwise that the very idea is impossible to let go of
The odds, how unlikely it might be that someone would post seriously trouble-making imagery in a public gallery, do not mitigate the legal troubles if someone goes against the odds and actually does post a trouble-making image (or multiples, each multiplying possible prison term!) - when the danger goes vertical, as I think most people would consider 20 years in prison, then it is very sensible to minimize the risk to zero. Just because it might have a .001% chance of happening doesn't mean you'd only spend a day in prison (and would you be willing to spend even one day in prison for some guy in Slobovia posting a legally troublesome image on YOUR site?)