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The perp was being investigated for possession of child pornography. While not a saint, he was not a "child molester".

• arp242 5y ago
  The trade in child pornography enables child molestation. I suppose that if we get very technical you're technically correct. Seems like an odd and very pedantic hill to die on though.
  • gruez 5y ago
    Conflict minerals enable regimes that commit war crimes. Does buying electronics made from such minerals make you a war criminal?
    • arp242 5y ago
      This is a silly comparison and this "aha, but what about this, huh?!"-style of conversation is not one I'm interested in having.
  • jlokier 5y ago
    I wouldn't call false accusations of such a serious crime "technical" or "pedantic". I'd call it "profoundly misleading about a serious matter" at best.
  • laurent92 5y ago
    Child pronography is any depiction of someone under 18. This includes: - Drawings, 3D renderings, - People you don’t have the ID of. Remember the joke: “Actress ___ turned 18, it is now legal to watch her films.” While one of the gravest crimes, accusations of CP made by police are wildly different from a human’s definition of it, and it is also at high risk of being used for political reasons, we need to keep that in mind.