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The justification for banning possession of child pornography was that you could draw a straight line from the images to an act of exploitation. The reason for
by hypersoar 17y ago
The justification for banning possession of child pornography was that you could draw a straight line from the images to an act of exploitation. The reason for the laws is not primarily to prevent the spread of the images; it's to prevent the exploitation of a child that lead to their production. When you have teenagers voluntarily snapping pictures of themselves, there is no act of exploitation. Sure, it's not something that should be encouraged, but it's not something that should destroy your life, either.
- asciilifeform 17y ago> The justification for banning possession of child pornography was that you could draw a straight line from the images to an act of exploitation This was always transparently moronic. It has never been illegal to possess a picture of a murder, no matter how brutal.
- gort 17y agoHowever, I take it almost no murders have ever been committed for the purpose of distributing pictures of them.
- pyr3 17y agoBut I take it that most statutory rape happens less for economic reasons than most authorities/politicians would like us to believe. Most people that abuse/rape children do so because it has happened to them, not because they find it to be a way to make quick money.