Comments on: Revenge porn, consent and why people need to stop victim blaming Jennifer Lawrence

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 03:17:04 +0000

In reply to mpledger. You mean if public interest coincides with your political views.

By: Cagey

Cagey — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 01:27:49 +0000

Look, the cloud has been really advertised as this safe, convenient system to store stuff. I have always felt really uncomfortable with it – I don’t even store my games on it! But I do know a heap of people do. With regards to taking nude photos of oneself – it’s been happening well before the advent of smart phones or the internet – it can be just one of those things you do when part of a couple (though again you’d think you’d bloody well do your best to get them back if you broke up & think twice about doing it in the first place if you were or close to famous).
To those who may say ‘Well it’s out there I might as well/they were famous/it’s their fault – storage,shoudln’t have taken them, etc’ I say – truthfully and unjudgementally – What if it was your daughter’s photos?

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 10:09:23 +0000

Some double standards here; it is OK to publish stolen e mais but wrong to publish stolen photographs. I think the actions are equally repugnant.

By: Peter Archer

Peter Archer — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:30:59 +0000

In reply to Shane Garnett. I personally do not use the "cloud", for that very reason, but, other than that, I cannot agree with you on this one, Shane, and I totally support what Chloe said.

By: Peter Archer

Peter Archer — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:27:56 +0000

In reply to Tom. WTF? What's with the personal abuse? To me, your arguments sound like a carefully-constructed, but disguised, apologist arguement designed to minimise patriarchal and misogynist culture.

By: Peter Archer

Peter Archer — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:23:32 +0000

Agree totally, Chloe!

Sadly, we live in a society that still, at least certainly witing the minds of many men, is still basically a patriarchal and misogynist society. Rather than using the term “rape culture”, I think that “patriarchal-misogynist culture” more accurately reflects it, as it is not just about “rape”, it is about a mindset that includes a whole spectrum of behaviour and habitual thinking patterns that is still stuck in teenage boyhood locker-room mentality. Basically, these guys never grew up emotionally or spiritually, that is the core problem, and the “rape culture” is one symptom of that.

And, inevitably, when David Cunliffe made his remark, all of these guys, and, sadly, some women also, were totally incapable of having a clue about what he was talking about, so, they ridiculed him, and continue to do so. That is just so sad, tha they actually have NO IDEA that their behaviour and attitude is immature and offensive.

By: Lara

Lara — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 03:16:21 +0000

In reply to Tom.

Bullshit. Credit card information is stolen on a daily basis.

The analogy is accurate. Both situations are about putting your personal private information online, and both situations are about other people stealing that information. That’s the similarity right there.

And calling my parenting into question, albeit, obliquely? Quite f***ing disgusting.

By: mpledger

mpledger — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 02:23:00 +0000

In reply to Shane Garnett.

Sharing Health Information: Toward better, safer care
Page 7.
“People who do not want to share their information in this way can easily ‘opt off ’ the system with a phone call or by talking to their GP. ”
http://ithealthboard.health.nz/system/files/documents/publications/sharing-health-information-toward-better-safer-care-nov-13.pdf

By: Sable

Sable — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 02:22:13 +0000

In reply to downwithnats. LOL. Very good.

By: mpledger

mpledger — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 02:15:08 +0000

In reply to H. Hacking personal info is never ok. Reporting on hacked information is deemed ok if it is in the public interest.