Religion is for morality. Your point is fair, but we are talking about prohibition. That is (ideally) not done on the basis of morality alone. A good reason fo

Religion is for morality. Your point is fair, but we are talking about prohibition. That is (ideally) not done on the basis of morality alone. A good reason for a law to exist is to protect people from each other. Hence laws against real murder, and real child abuse. Photos of child abuse are clearly illegal because they mean actual child abuse has taken place. Not because they are immoral, per se. They may be, but that's not as clear an argument. For the same reason, the discussion about the legality of drawings / enactments of illegal acts centers not around morality, but around whether or not it will lead to more of those acts actually happening. You're getting downvoted because you stick to making the morality argument, implying that is reason enough for prohibition. HN is a crowd where many people feel it's not. In the spirit of "Live and let live", I tend to feel the same way.