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>So straight up, do you believe that the government is infringing on people's rights by banning child porn, yes or no? According to U.S. law some kinds of chil
by garbagetime 6y ago
>So straight up, do you believe that the government is infringing on people's rights by banning child porn, yes or no?
According to U.S. law some kinds of child pornography are legal. Do you believe, therefore, that it is against the principles of freedom of speech that the NZ government has banned them. Yes or no?
- save_ferris 6y ago> According to U.S. law some kinds of child pornography are legal. Do you have any evidence of this? I'm not aware that this is true at all and I don't believe it to be the case. > Do you believe, therefore, that it is against the principles of freedom of speech that the NZ government has banned them. Yes or no? No, I believe that freedom of speech comes with limitations and preventing distribution of child porn is a perfectly good limitation to put in place on freedom of speech.
- garbagetime 6y agoPaintings, sketches, cartoons, etc. of children and of a pornographic nature are legal at the federal level so long as they have artistic, cultural, or [something I've forgotten] merit. Or so I believe - not a lawyer. Anyway, to make the point in a more straightforward way: What ought and oughtn't be allowed expression according to the principles of freedom of speech is not a clear-cut thing. There are many different views on it, and to dismiss all those with views different from those who wrote US law is silly.