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From India: Only Men Arrested in eBay Porn Mess
posted by Matt on 12:44 PM December 22nd, 2004
Inequality bandersnatch writes "From the Guardian:

'The trouble started a few days after the teenager made the recording, when someone tried to sell a video clip of him and his 16-year-old girlfriend on the Indian online auction site Baazee.com. The firm is a subsidiary of the US auction giant eBay.

'On Friday detectives arrested Baazee.com's chief executive, Avnish Bajaj, a US citizen and Harvard graduate. On Saturday a court bundled him off to jail for a week.

'Yesterday the police arrested the 17-year-old boy as well.'

Not surprisingly, the girl has not been arrested."

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2 Separate Issues here (Score:1)
by LSBeene on 07:13 PM December 22nd, 2004 EST (#1)
There are 2 Separate issues here.

1) The Girl's knowledge and extent of culpability in the crime.
2) The over use of the law as applies to the CEO of the Indian "Ebay"

1) IF the girl knew she was being recorded giving oral sex (the article is not clear) and involved in that is IF she did, did she know that her boyfriend transmitted it.

IF (notice I capitalized this word) she knew she was being "taped" then she is certainly a party to the crime. Common knowledge is that phones like that also TRANSMIT the images they send and it's why they are frequently used.

IF she ALSO knew what her boyfriend was up to (more doubtful) with Ebay, then she should be arrested.

But, as an MRA I must strive for accuracy as the forces we face due half-truths. If she had no knowledge of the taping she is completely innocent. If she knew of the taping, but not of the sale then she is not guilty of distributing porn. If she knew of both then she should face the same as her boyfriend.

2) If Baazee.com's chief executive, Avnish Bajaj should even be arrested.

I've used Ebay, and correct me if I'm wrong as it's a been about a year, but can't ANY Ebay member (easy to become one - I did it in about 5 min) put ANY item up for sale w/out ANY permission, knowledge, or prior consent?

We've all seen some pretty crazy stuff on Ebay:
a) Woman (lesbian) who sold her virginity
b) Man sold his ex-wife's wedding dress (with photos of him in it!)
c) [name oddity here]

As soon as Ebay is made aware of the inappropriate material/item, it is removed. And this was the case here.

As bad as the U.S. is, the more I hear about India and how it treats men (and in some cases women too) I think that country is going crazy.

Steven
Guerilla Gender Warfare is just Hate Speech in polite text
Re:2 Separate Issues here (Score:0)
by Anonymous User on 01:30 AM December 24th, 2004 EST (#2)
Steven,

let me clarify a few things

1. in this case, it looks like it was the boy who 'marketed' those pictures and his girlfriend was not aware. So arresting only the boy seems to be the right thing to do.

2. The arrest of Bazee CEO was certainly wrong, and there was a media outcry. Incidentally, he's been released on bail by Delhi High Court.

3. India sure has its share of bad men (and women), but things are not all that bad. The problem with international media is they seem to take notice only when something goes wrong. And again, feminists are trying their best to turn India into a misandric country, but they will never succeed. (Ask Bharathi, an MRA and a regular at MANN.

Do come to India sometime.

-INDIANMALE
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