Well someone's hobby just got the green light. Looks like the laws need an update. On the other hand now we know why certain people think we should all be riding on trains...
Clearly we need to ban public transit. If only people rode in personal vehicles, this tragedy could have been averted.
Yeah, the wording of the law is fucked, which is that a person needs to have both a reasonable expectation of privacy and be at least partially nude. In a crowded train, there is no privacy, and in twenty plus years of riding the subway on a regular basis, I've yet to see a naked rider. So the law can in no way apply to this situation. Now I have no sympathy for these photgraphers, and think the law needs re-working. But at the same time, it is not uncommon to see a woman in a very short skirt sitting in a way that exposes her undergarments. I'd prefer that they not do that, mainly because I don't want people to think I'm ogling them when I happen to look up from what I'm reading.
I don't care if they think I'm ogling. I probably am. I'm a horny guy. Why is that bad? And it wouldn't matter if women had suits of armor on. My mental interpolation software can still get them naked.
So is a distinct lack of intimate grooming.... a large tentacle-monster invasion... and a shortage of cameramen with the ability to focus on the naughty bits.
This guy is fighting an important civil rights fight, he's the Rosa Parks of our time. He's fighting the fight for other up skirt picture takers across this great country.
Sadly, the Boston T isn't proper public transit at all. It's more of a glorified college shuttle-bus service with a little bit of commuter rail stuck on as an afterthought. There's nothing better for making you feel old or for taking upskirt photos than riding the T.
That's the Green Line, which is really just a bunch of light rail lines that share a section of subway. Grown-ups ride the other lines. However, the Green line is still cool, because it goes to Fenway Park, and while I might get older, the coeds never do.
Well that was quick: http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/...ck-signs-upskirting-bill-into-law-mar-7-2014/ And upskirting is now illegal. The pervs had a very narrow window on this one.
Yeah, that's part of it. The Green Line isn't really a single line, it's more properly thought of as a multi-line system. The B-Branch, which is the part of the Green Line that passes through BU is a rather frustrating experience. I'm usually an Orange Line rider, which is generally a fantastic experience -- quick, frequent, and goes almost everywhere I need to go (excepting Fenway Park).
Yeah, I'm remembering the Green Line from a trip I took to Fenway while visiting a friend in the area. I was late-20s at the time and it was the first time I ever felt really old.
How the times have changed. When I was in boot camp (1981, oh the pain . . . ) we had a female CPO tell us that if she couldn't see her own pussy in our shoes, they weren't shined properly.
No, I could never get the gloss up high enough on those damn boondockers. That's why I went to jump boots as soon as I got out of basic.
So how about a law preventing women from showing it. I am not seeing how someone could take a pic unless they were showing it or the guy was lifting up their skirts and there probably is a law for the latter.
If I understand correctly, the way it works is the camera is held by a person seated, used to take pictures from down low of what is inside the skirt on a standing woman. She isn't showing anything -- the photographer is positioning the camera to invade a normally private space, hence the term "up skirt."
Oh, I see what you are saying. The guy was sticking his phone under women's clothing. He doesn't need to be charged, he just needs to have the shit beat out of him.
