Not the place
Guys this isnt the place, please remeber the way our legal system works, not happy with the results? then take private action. These forums are not the place to be carrying on your case.
The fact of the matter is, win or loose this case has further poisoned our right to be consenting adults because the wrong law has been applied to the wrong sitauation.
If, TC, you think that this is the ONLY time this will be applied then whilst I'm truly sorry for what you have been through, you are being neive.This will now at the very least become one of those 'other offenses' used to bolster a case and broadside people who shouldnt have to worry about it. 'Oh dear Mr xxx, we cant prove that you were texting when you hit that padestrian, but oh, lookee here, you texted your wife you were going to tie her up and spank her when you got home an hour/day/week ago.....' Thats the way the real world works.
Our sucessive Govts love bad and overly broad laws, because our legal system works on precident this makes for a bad situation, hence the examples cited in earlier pages. Put on the sex offenders list because of a cartoon of Lisa Simpson? Really? And thats ok is it? A law should be clearly defined so there are few loopholes as possible for people to use. A law should NOT be a generic 'let some other entity decide what they feel like', not least because every defenedant you haul up is going to argue the case and pull the ruling apart.
Thought crimes are not covered by our laws and they should not be (although I can think of cases where just existing should). Trying to legislate the danger and badness out of our world will simply not work and lead us into a state where our kids are still stuck to TV screens and Consoles because they cant/dare'nt do anything else. A world where a quick glance will land any man (or woman) in hot water because the opposite sex 'looked 18 yeronner but I didnt ask before I looked'
The issue here is that most of us are of a pretty broad mind, however the generation before us generally wernt and these people are the ones that make the law and try to inflict their morals on everyone else, because they can and they dont possibly beleive they can be wrong.
Mrs TC, I'm sorry that you've been through this, I really am, but whats been done in your name is not just or correct. I am a parent, soon to be for a second time, and I know how I'd react in your shoes and I know I'd not be impressed. I would like to think that I wouldnt allow my case to be used to further the relentless hunt for boogie men and terrorists either. These people do exist but they are a great way to get any law the govt want passed, I mean who would fight against a law to catch these people. Before that it was the Communists, and then the Nazis..... There always has to be a boogie man.
Anon so I dont have to sack myself for voicing my opinions