WOTY -- "upskirting"

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Mar 5, 2014, at 9:24 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Peeing Tom? Did this happen on pubic transportation?
>
> On 3/5/2014 7:53 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

>> Which the highest state court in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts
>> Supreme Judicial Court -- the oldest continuously functioning
>> appellate court in America -- has just ruled is not illegal.  The
>> activity as well as the word should go viral.
>>
>> The decision is that "a state law intended to prohibit 'Peeping Tom'
>> voyeurism of completely or partially undressed people did not apply
>> to people who take pictures of people who are fully
>> clothed."  (Boston Globe, on-line.)
>>
>> It's not clear to me whether the prosecutors blundered in choosing to
>> bring charges under the "Peeing Tom" law when there might have been
>> some other grounds.

a truly wonderful typo.

arnold

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