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Old 06-15-2011, 03:08 PM
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Default Ridiculous new law in Tennessee
Tennessee has just passed a law making it illegal to post images that frighten, intimidate, or cause emotional distress. Tenn. law bans posting images that "cause emotional distress"

While I suspect the law won't stand up to constitutional muster, I'm wondering what manner of distressing images might be fodder for the test case: HDR, selective color, fake retro?
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Old 06-15-2011, 03:18 PM
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HDR
Selective coloring (especially of portraits and the eyes are in color!)
Fake bokeh (ie gaussian blurring)..
to name a couple.

I considered making jokes about what Tennessee folks might find distressing, but I've only ever had good times there, so I'll be nice.

How f'ing stupid is this? Seriously, don't they have anything better to do in Ten legislature? This has got to be unconstitutional (as written).
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My girlfriend said I woke up from a dead sleep the other night when they were talking about this on the news, and yelled at the TV, saying something like "EVERY PHOTO EVER TAKEN WILL PROBABLY DISTRESS SOMEONE........ DUMBASSES!" She said I drifted right back to sleep after giving her a heart attack. I have no recollection of this.
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My girlfriend said I woke up from a dead sleep the other night when they were talking about this on the news, and yelled at the TV, saying something like "EVERY PHOTO EVER TAKEN WILL PROBABLY DISTRESS SOMEONE........ DUMBASSES!" She said I drifted right back to sleep after giving her a heart attack. I have no recollection of this.
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My girlfriend said I woke up from a dead sleep the other night when they were talking about this on the news, and yelled at the TV, saying something like "EVERY PHOTO EVER TAKEN WILL PROBABLY DISTRESS SOMEONE........ DUMBASSES!" She said I drifted right back to sleep after giving her a heart attack. I have no recollection of this.
LOL!! +1 on your screaming rant though.

Yay,.. so lets hope that this doesnt really stand up, because I dont want to have to deal with or worry about this when I go back home.
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LOL!! +1 on your screaming rant though.

Yay,.. so lets hope that this doesnt really stand up, because I dont want to have to deal with or worry about this when I go back home.
It will never survive, it's to open for interpretation, for example the below image may not offend, or cause "emotion distreess" to you or I, but it may to others...without mentioning any nmaes of coarse...




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It will never survive, it's to open for interpretation, for example the below image may not offend, or cause "emotion distreess" to you or I, but it may to others...without mentioning any nmaes of coarse...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It's therapists to you!
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priceless! Lmao :d
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Brought to you by the legislative body that legalized the taking and eating of road kill. Now that is frightening and causes emotional distress
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Wouldn't you like to know?

I was going to so some more sp's with that kilt, but he can't find it now.
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