>There is a reason to think that virtual images of child sexual abuse cause real world child sexual abuse. People need more images, and there aren't enough virt

>There is a reason to think that virtual images of child sexual abuse cause real world child sexual abuse. People need more images, and there aren't enough virtual images and so the collection is 'topped up' with real images. And there's a possibility that people viewing images, even virtual, of child sexual abuse will go on to abuse real world children. Or you could just as well argue that people use the imagery to fulfill their needs, and if they didn't have that they'd turn to actual child abuse. 'credible' should not be good enough. (Of course in the current political systems, it doesn't even have to be credible if you can spin it scarily enough: see war on terror, war on drugs, sex offender registrations for urinating in public etc.) You need evidence that actually supports your theory.