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redneckgaijinI hate child pornography, either the horrible exploitive kind produced by abusing actual children or the safe but still disturbing kind written, drawn, or made using 3D modeling or Photoshop.
It might even be that my enthusiasm for large (even absurdly so) breasts stems in part from my passionate disgust for anything that looks pre-pubescent.
And despite that, I've thought for quite some time now that there's no good reason to outlaw either the production of child porn if no actual children are involved or the mere possession of child porn of any sort. Outlaw using children to make porn, hell yes. Outlaw the sale or deliberate distribution of porn made from abusing children, certainly. In both those cases the issue is child abuse. But drawing a naughty picture featuring kids (though disgusting) is a free speech issue, and should be left alone.
Now, the reason invariably given for banning anything even remotely like child pornography is that it serves as a "gateway drug"- that is, people who look at kiddy porn will, because of the kiddy porn, seek out kids to molest and abuse.
Unfortunately for that kind of person, every actual scientific study done on the phenomenon shows that at best this is a correlative relationship- i. e. child molesters are likely to possess child porn, but owning child porn does not turn someone into a molester.
And experiments with legalization in Europe are demonstrating the truth: child pornography REDUCES child molestation.
Translated: whereas other crimes increased with the dismantling of a Soviet-style police state, sex crimes remained stable- and child abuse crimes fell- with the legalization of all forms of sexually explicit material.
Unfortunately, since America today is a nation in which facts are ridiculed and emotions rule the day, no amount of studies will change policy except possibly through judicial fiat. People who never harm anyone, or people who happen through no fault of their own to have been sent a piece of child-porn in an email or something, will continue to be prosecuted, ostracized, and destroyed in the name of For The Children- regardless of whether the children are actually in any danger from these people.
Me, I'd as soon leave them alone.
(And hope they leave ME alone. I do NOT want to look at that shit...)
It might even be that my enthusiasm for large (even absurdly so) breasts stems in part from my passionate disgust for anything that looks pre-pubescent.
And despite that, I've thought for quite some time now that there's no good reason to outlaw either the production of child porn if no actual children are involved or the mere possession of child porn of any sort. Outlaw using children to make porn, hell yes. Outlaw the sale or deliberate distribution of porn made from abusing children, certainly. In both those cases the issue is child abuse. But drawing a naughty picture featuring kids (though disgusting) is a free speech issue, and should be left alone.
Now, the reason invariably given for banning anything even remotely like child pornography is that it serves as a "gateway drug"- that is, people who look at kiddy porn will, because of the kiddy porn, seek out kids to molest and abuse.
Unfortunately for that kind of person, every actual scientific study done on the phenomenon shows that at best this is a correlative relationship- i. e. child molesters are likely to possess child porn, but owning child porn does not turn someone into a molester.
And experiments with legalization in Europe are demonstrating the truth: child pornography REDUCES child molestation.
Results from the Czech Republic showed, as seen everywhere else studied (Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sweden, USA), that rape and other sex crimes have not increased following the legalization and wide availability of pornography. And most significantly, the incidence of child sex abuse has fallen considerably since 1989, when child pornography became readily accessible – a phenomenon also seen in Denmark and Japan.
. . .
Diamond and team looked at what actually happened to sex-related crimes in the Czech Republic as it transitioned from having a strict ban on sexually explicit materials to a situation where the material was decriminalized. Pornography was strictly prohibited between 1948 and 1989. The ban was lifted with the country's transition to democracy and, by 1990, the availability and ownership of sexually explicit materials rose dramatically. Even the possession of child pornography was not a criminal offense.
. . .
Other results showed that, overall, there was no increase in reported sex-related crimes generally since the legalization of pornography. Interestingly, whereas the number of sex-related crimes fell significantly after 1989, the number of other societal crimes – murder, assault, and robbery – rose significantly.
Translated: whereas other crimes increased with the dismantling of a Soviet-style police state, sex crimes remained stable- and child abuse crimes fell- with the legalization of all forms of sexually explicit material.
Unfortunately, since America today is a nation in which facts are ridiculed and emotions rule the day, no amount of studies will change policy except possibly through judicial fiat. People who never harm anyone, or people who happen through no fault of their own to have been sent a piece of child-porn in an email or something, will continue to be prosecuted, ostracized, and destroyed in the name of For The Children- regardless of whether the children are actually in any danger from these people.
Me, I'd as soon leave them alone.
(And hope they leave ME alone. I do NOT want to look at that shit...)
