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Lao Tzu
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If you've clicked on this thread, you are sick.
Anywho, it has come to my attention that congress is trying to ban digital child pornography, i.e. child pornography that doesn't depict real living children, but imaginary ones.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0515/p02s01-uspo.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0515/p02s02-usju.html
Lemme tell you why i am opposed to this type of thing. If the pornography involves real children, then it should be illegal as the child will feel exploited. But in these situations, the only victim is the culture at large for having to agknowledge that there are people out there who don't subscribe to their morality. The supreme court themselves said that there was no evidence that looking at child porn led to molestation, so the whole 'clear & present danger' argument doesn't work. How is this any different than laws against consentual sodomy or interracial marriages (not to give the impression that if you support this law that you are a racist & homophobe, i'm just using them as examples of situations where the main victims are observers for having to agknowledge that people don't live their lifestyle).
Rep. Mark Foley says "Congress does not believe pedophiles have First Amendment rights". Here in indiana, it is a class A misdemeanor to possess a sexual drawing of children. Even when the drawing is of imaginary children who don't exist.
I know it may be a social death sentence to support people's right to look at pictures of imaginary children, but what the government is basically saying is that you can't think things that are socially immoral anymore. Acting on child molestation and thinking about doing it with imaginary people aren't the same thing. One hundred years from now, when reading people's mind will be technologically feasable, there will probably literally be laws against thinking about sex with children.
Shit, i know i can write a better argument in favor of this. I'm just feeling off today. I'll re-edit my post. If anyone has valid arguments feel free to post them. I also welcome negative unsigned karma.
Anywho, it has come to my attention that congress is trying to ban digital child pornography, i.e. child pornography that doesn't depict real living children, but imaginary ones.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0515/p02s01-uspo.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0515/p02s02-usju.html
Lemme tell you why i am opposed to this type of thing. If the pornography involves real children, then it should be illegal as the child will feel exploited. But in these situations, the only victim is the culture at large for having to agknowledge that there are people out there who don't subscribe to their morality. The supreme court themselves said that there was no evidence that looking at child porn led to molestation, so the whole 'clear & present danger' argument doesn't work. How is this any different than laws against consentual sodomy or interracial marriages (not to give the impression that if you support this law that you are a racist & homophobe, i'm just using them as examples of situations where the main victims are observers for having to agknowledge that people don't live their lifestyle).
Rep. Mark Foley says "Congress does not believe pedophiles have First Amendment rights". Here in indiana, it is a class A misdemeanor to possess a sexual drawing of children. Even when the drawing is of imaginary children who don't exist.
I know it may be a social death sentence to support people's right to look at pictures of imaginary children, but what the government is basically saying is that you can't think things that are socially immoral anymore. Acting on child molestation and thinking about doing it with imaginary people aren't the same thing. One hundred years from now, when reading people's mind will be technologically feasable, there will probably literally be laws against thinking about sex with children.
Shit, i know i can write a better argument in favor of this. I'm just feeling off today. I'll re-edit my post. If anyone has valid arguments feel free to post them. I also welcome negative unsigned karma.
