Seems to me the problem is that the photos were on a goernment-owned computer. (I assume) If that is true, then she should be held accountable. The "thief" should face charges either way.Just my opinion.

Any change of you posting the pictures? just kiddin

That is ridiculous.... what the woman does in the privacy of her own home is nothing to do with the rest of the world. The person that stole the photos should be punished to the full extent of the law.

I agtee, she should be left alone, with the thief punished, in a just manner... Total invasion of privacy - Totally agree with Coyote and BoXXi here....

you mean to say that public officials have sex-lives?

and underneath their clothes they are completely naked?

you learn something every day...

Crissy...therein lies a problem.

Whichever amendment of the American Constitution [5th, probably], not to mention other countries' privacy laws, etc would, rather DO protect Spyderbyte's right to post comment and/or news which is not covered by any 'gag notice' or similar [eg National Interest/Security].

The only 'criminal' act is the person who made unlawful use/access of this woman's computer.

This invasion of privacy, combined with its potential to do political and/or career harm would justify a massive damages suit in civil court and perhaps property theft in criminal court.

Put simply, the thief is scum....

My point was not that Spyderbyte is legally guilty of any thing. Obviously he has the right to speak out. My point was is that, ethically and morally this post is wrong. It gives no consideration what-so-ever to this couple who are already probably, shamed and embarrased out of thier minds. Not only was the incident described, but the persons geographical location and public title was revealed. Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing, but one should think of how it will impact on a person. This is just my opinion of course, but it is a strong one.

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Being naked is not and should not be a crime.

I agree, so why all the public airing of this couples' business.?

Theft is theft and should be prosecuted.

However, the images should not have been on a machine that is accessable by the public, especially if that machine is connected to the Internet or is networked. To do so, is like placing the photos on a cafe table and leaving them there for anyone to find.

There are many issues to be resolved here to say the least, but as I said, theft is theft.

I'm *just* as guilty? hehe Does this mean every news station, newspaper, newsletter, website that has covered this story should be prosecuted as well? If we're agreeing that I'm "just as guilty as the person who stole the pictures" - then that implicates every person/group/TV station that has covered this story as well. The person who stole the pictures *will* be charged wih theft, does this mean EVERYONE who posted/covered the story publicly will also be charged? - No? Then I'm not as guilty. I realize you back-tracked a little a few posts later, became pseudo-moralistic and chastised me for a lack of indiscretion in my post, but did that really buy you your pass into the pearly gates?

This would be like if you came down on people who covered the "Michael Jackson hanging his baby out the window" story. For all we know, he ALSO feels great remorse/shame about it. I guess we could sue the world, and the greater north american pop culture for this crime.

My point? I did nothing wrong, morally OR legally in asking people's opinions.. Don't you think the question has already been asked a million times by millions of other's seemingly north-america wide?

Besides, for all you know, I am on the mayor's side, and am seeing what the public thinks, bringing attention to matters like this to provide support for her. It seems from the response here, most people are in HER favor, and do NOT think she did anything shameful/bad. If anything, the Mayor should read this post, so if she *does* feel even a semblence of shame that she needen't. What she did was fine. It wasn't immoral IMO. It wasn't illegal, it wasn't even that kinky..hehe

Put simply, the thief is scum
I love it when Jafo gets right to the point!

Hum, personnally, I'm pretty sure I'd lose my job if I was caught naked in the office...

It may not be morally right for somebody to post these pictures on the Net, but again, I don't think that mayor is completely innocent.  Sure, she tried to be kinky at the office, but she got caught... Or the pictures did anyway.