Va. Teen Faces Child Porn Charges For Tweeting Nude ‘Selfie’

[Warren DeMontague]

41. I agree, but my primary point had to do with the person whose picture it was originally.

on anyone who gets it or shares it beyond that, obviously it's a different story--- and whether or not it's a wise use of LEO resources to go after, for instance, the 16 yr old who has a nude picture of his 16 yo gf on his phone, the fact is it's a different situation, as the situation would be further different if that 16 yo shared the picture with others.

Still, the law often makes distinctions between acts pertaining to ones own physical person v. acts done to another, often without even thinking, in a "duh, obviously" sort of fashion. For instance, the difference between a dude who walks into a men's room and puts his hand in his pants and pulls out his own johnson, and a dude who walks into a men's room, puts his hands in someone else's pants and pulls out the other guy's.

"Wide stance" defense, notwithstanding.

There needs to be an element of common sense in the law, that's the objection I see here. Not the idea that there should be no liability for disseminating pictures of underage people.