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> Slightly off-topic, but I never understood the obsession of legal enforcement with child pornography. It polls well with the sort of people who think lottery
by Daniel_Newby 13y ago
> Slightly off-topic, but I never understood the obsession of legal enforcement with child pornography.
It polls well with the sort of people who think lottery tickets are good value for money. Ditto for the war on drugs, jailbait laws, TSA shoe searches, and so forth. You didn't seriously think this madness was bad luck, did you?
> the idea of pre-pubescent children being exploited by pornographers horrifies me as much as anyone
It doesn't horrify me. In a world with billions of people, there have to be quite a number of prepubescent 10 year olds who are eager and happy to be porn stars. In fact they barely move the needle on the weird-kid-o-meter, when you consider the autists, schizos, animal torturing junior psychopaths, etc.
- foobarbazqux 13y agoAssuming that all children in child porn actually say that they want to appear in child porn (and this is a huge assumption), the reason it's exploitation is that children are unable to consent. For example, an infant will happily suck on a man until he comes in its mouth, and there are films of such acts. For better or for worse, we've decided that you have to be 18 years old to be able to consent.