Tennessee Outlaws Transmission Of Emotionally Distressing Images

[Jandau]

I find pictures, videos and audio of christian church rituals to be deeply distressing and demand that all such content be removed from the internet!

Seriously, EVERYTHING is distressing to SOMEONE. This is easily the most ass-backwards law ever passed...

 

[Vault Citizen]

Relevant.

This video should be required viewing.

(please don't Google that term).

I did try but looking the term up on Google became inevitable as soon as you mentioned it.

Urban Dictionary is your friend.

He used to be but then there was a drunk night, things were said, sisters were slept with (not our own) and the whole thing just got awkward

 

[Ranorak]

Why does this law have to exist only where I live?

Well if I were you I'd remove that pony avatar right now.
It's super offensive!

See, this is exactly the reason this won't work.
There is always some tit out that that finds everything or anything offensive.

 

[dex-dex]

I think Tennessee does not get that trolling only works at it's best online, not out in reality.
Silly Tennessee.

 

[-Dragmire-]

I found the movie Saw emotionally distressing, which was the film makers intention. They should be sent to jail and their film made illegal.

I found the movie Transformers emotionally distressing, which was the film makers intention. Michael Bay should be sent to jail and his film made illegal.

 

[bombadilillo]

So dont send those popout gifs to anybody in TN or you go to jail!

In all seriousness I see where their intentions were going and then they fell off a cliff. Law against digital harrasment? cool. Hard to enforce but ok I get it. Law against bad things on the internet? .... Wow. Something tells me these guys are going to get Anon'ed or Lulzseced into some distressing images if you know what I mean.

 

[Jelly ^.^]

Wow. I don't have to be ashamed of Australian over-censorship anymore

 

[Lancer873]

... I can /feel/ the Anon DDoS servers getting warmed up. Either that... or it's that feeling you get when nobody gives a damn. Honestly, it's not going to change much at all.

 

[Laser Priest]

Good luck enforcing that.

Tennesee has changed it's name to "Carl" to avoid risk of hurting the feelings of people who don't like paired letters.

 

[zombi2989]

Does this mean that in Tennessee I can sue someone for using the word "moist" in any context? That word causes me "emotional distress".

 

[Baneat]

Schindler's List over Netflix would count wouldn't it?

Good luck enforcing that.

Tennesee has changed it's name to "Carl" to avoid risk of hurting the feelings of people who don't like paired letters.

My great-uncle was killed in a Car Accident! I demand you change it further as "Car-l" is clearly emotionally distressing to me!

 

[rickthetrick]

sigh Another example of asshats imposing rules before thinking of the ramifications.

Off Topic but similarly themed:

There is a statue being put up in Dallas that depicts a cowboy with a gun.
There are people who are protesting the gun being on the cowboy, as it "inspires violence."
A cowboy....with a gun........Wow that's freaking scandalous!
People love to find shit to ***** about. These same people are the ones who will sit next to a smoker in a smoking section and complain about the smoke being unhealthy. I swear we need a nuclear war, or global pandemic to clean the freaking slate already.

 

[internetzealot1]

Really? I go to Florida for one week and this happens?

 

[Frotality]

images of this stupid law are causing me severe emotional distress. can i sue the state of tennessee now?

i could say this kind of draconian vagueness in law making surprises me...but it doesnt. all i can say is: sorry tennessee; this may be bad, but at least your not texas.

 

[sunpop]

So to enfore this law someone has to check out the cases and see the pictures which (logic loops aside) would cause the person to get so warped and desensitized they would have to be fired so someone else could come in until they get warped. This law seems pretty hard to enforce and dangerous to enforce.

 

[BabyRaptor]

So, essentially...Any image that someone deems "offensive" for any reason is now grounds to sue? Like, if you got a spiteful daughter-in-law who wanted to cause trouble for dear husband's mother, she could sue the lady under this law for posting pictures of the recent family get together under the guise that she was traumatized because she thinks she looked awful?

Yes, I know the example is oddly specific. My roommate and I were talking about the law...He has family in Tennessee.