Thursday, January 12, 2006

Voyeur Law

The Ohio House unanimously passed a bill that will close a loophole in Ohio law concerning the use of video or film in peeping tom cases. It's probably good legislation, although I haven't read it.

I heard the sponsor of the bill, State Rep. Scott Oelslager, R-North Canton, on NPR this morning and found a follow up article from the Dayton Daily News. Something didn't quite click. From the Dayton Daily News:

State Rep. Scott Oelslager, R-North Canton, said the loophole came to his attention when he and his wife watched a documentary film about a couple videotaped by a voyeur.

The film noted that few states had laws explicitly banning videotaping and filming, he said.

"I did the research and realized there was a loophole in Ohio law," Oelslager said.

A republican watching something as high minded as a documentary? So, I did a little research also and seems pretty clear that the "documentary" Oelslager was referring to is the based on a true story, Lifetime Original Movie entitled Video Voyeur - The Susan Wilson Story starring Angie Harmon.

So, Rep. Oelslager spends his spare time watching Lifetime, Television For Women. What a bitch!

3 comments:

JD said...

Come on Phlip. You are sounding like someone who can turn anything someone from the otherside does into a reason for calling them a bitch.

We all know that bitchdom is well represented in the current Republican ranks, but Oelslager's viewing of Lifetime could just as easily be described as a sign of an open and liberal mind.

Phlip said...

True, but the reason for posting this is that he mistook a lifetime movie starring a very recognizable Angie Harmon for a documentary.

JD said...

Ok. Now that is funny....