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Drawings for example. Depictions of all kinds of underage porn are forbidden, yet not all hurt kids.

• solarengineer 9y ago
  Once "art" depicting child porn becomes acceptable, would some individuals (adults/children) eventually consider it acceptable to perform the actual acts on a child?
  • etplayer 9y ago
    No, just as art depicting rape, murder, gang violence etc. does not mean that people eventually consider it acceptable to perform those acts on others.
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  • CuriouslyC 9y ago
    Torture is much worse than molestation in my opinion, yet as a society we don't seem to have a problem with movies like Saw and Hostel.
  • cyphar 9y ago
    This topic is very similar to "do video games cause violence". There are many examples of media that depicts things that are illegal which we don't find to be objectionable (or to be a cause of people commuting said acts in real life).
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  • anoncoward3 9y ago
    What you are suggesting is that it's better to criminalize media because someone may interpret that media as license to commit a criminal act. A person who commits a criminal act should be charged with the crime against that act. We should not be seeking to ban media because someone may say "it gave me the idea to do this illegal action."
  • CJefferson 9y ago
    My main problem with this argument is the huge amount of violence in tv and films.
• CurtMonash 9y ago
  Correct.