I think you're conflating "child pornography" with "child rape" here and that might not be entirely fair. Ignoring things like 17 year olds sexting, my view of

I think you're conflating "child pornography" with "child rape" here and that might not be entirely fair. Ignoring things like 17 year olds sexting, my view of CP is that it's evidence of a crime, but shouldn't be a crime, and certainly not at the level it is now. The biggest harm - the rape - has already occurred. Someone funding it is one thing - that's almost certainly conspiracy to commit that crime. But possession by someone completely unrelated to the act? Just like videos of people being graphically murdered, for instance. I'd put 3guys1hammer up with anything else on the internet in terms of "should not exist", but that doesn't mean I think it should be illegal to possess/distribute/view.