On Thu, 20 May 2004, Cashmore, Stuart wrote:
> We are getting totally paranoid about the whole subject of paedophiles. Yes
> they exist, yes what the do is unspeakably horrible, but the really awful
> truth is that the majority of child abusers are not strangers who film them
> in school nativity plays and concerts, they are the children's parents or
> adults in positions of responsibility who work with children. How do bans
> like this solve that problem?
They don't help much at all; but often policy is put in place to meet the
expectations of the public, not necessarily because it will have any
practical effect.
To get back to the original question, there was a great hoo-hah a while
back when Edinburgh council banned camcorders from school plays etc,
unless all parents involved agreed. Here's one article on the matter:
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=686&id=1393752002
Just last week or so, the Council have effectively moved away from that
position, and now say that cameras will be allowed; any parents who do not
wish their child to be filmed should say so, and the child will be given a
role off-stage. Can't find an article for that though.
Jethro.
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Jethro R Binks
Computing Officer, IT Services
University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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