>you can also easily argue that the prevelance of child pornography is going to increase the amount of people attracted to this "fetish" Can you argue that so

>you can also easily argue that the prevelance of child pornography is going to increase the amount of people attracted to this "fetish" Can you argue that so easily? Because I see the claim made very often. I have seen zero strong arguments supporting it. If you think you can argue for this position effectively, I invite you to try. >Not to mention that considering viewing to be socially acceptable , in itself, damages society (by lowering social norms) First of all, there's a gigantic difference between switching enforcement efforts away from people who view CP, and making the viewing of CP socially acceptable. But if you're saying that it harms society to make having sexual attraction to children socially acceptable, I couldn't disagree more. I think the only plausible hope we have for significantly reducing child sexual abuse is a revolution in how our culture understands morality as it applies to internal mental states. If you want to teach someone not to act on urges to harmful behavior, you aren't going to get very far by telling them that they're evil for having the urge in the first place.