On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 07:34:48PM +0000, Lee Whitney wrote: > Eugen do you have children? Not attacking you based on this but I'm > curious how it affects perspective. > > In my mind it's pretty easy to drawn the line, things that have victims > should usually be illegal and things that are unpopular but don't hurt > anyone usually should be legal. No slippery slope necessary. ... and yet, we have seen child pornography convictions in recent years over cartoons [1] [2], written works of fiction [3] and obviously consensual photographs taken by the alleged victims themselves [4]. There does indeed to appear to be a slipper slope. [1] http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/120225-Missouri-Man-Pleads-Guilty-To-Possession-of-Cartoon-Child-Porn [2] http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/01/07/20-years-for-loli-manga-%E2%80%9Cvictims-don%E2%80%99t-have-to-exist%E2%80%9D/ [3] http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=213003 [4] http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/15/self-made-kiddie-porn/ -- Andrea Shepard <andrea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> PGP fingerprint: 3611 95A4 0740 ED1B 7EA5 DF7E 4191 13D9 D0CF BDA5
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