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19 May 2008

 
Child Pornography

This (copy/paste from an old forum post I made in 2007) is my position:

"I believe that there are some taboos in place in society that are intended to protect those who are unable to protect themselves. In order for this protection to be generalised throughout society the taboo must carry a kind of shock-value. I think digital depictions of taboos such as child rape blunt the impact of the societal taboo.

It's time for everyone to evolve, now. Ready? Take a deep breath and try to lift yourself - out of the slime if that's where you presently are."

The news about the US Supreme Court upholding a strict law making child pornography illegal even when it doesn't exist* has me a bit confused though as it sounds like thoughtcrime. I remember, back hundreds of years ago, in a discussion about censorship, a friend** said "I don't want censorship from outside, I want people to censor themselves." I do too, but the odds against that happening get larger every day where there is no fabric of society.

I don't know if there is any way to approach the issue except creating a society wherein all children are loved and protected, are educated well, have options, and feel secure in society and their roles in it. Children aren't separate beings; even the pedos were children at one time.

*Interest in it, and drawn or digital imagery
**In fact, the one who Looper says told her that she and I should be friends, although for me it was someone else who did that - weirdly both were named Judy, however.

posted by - 2:22 PM

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Maybe we could use peados to store spent fuel rods from nuclear power stations?

And where the blinking flip did this post come from?
 
Oooo, and self-censorship does not work. From why I find some of the jokes in Family Guy hilarious whilst someone I know thinks it should be banned, to why I find the abuse of kids totally unacceptable whilst some headcase nonce can sit and rationalise it as though it's the norm, unless there is a common standard to hold people and their actions too, self-censorship is just anarchy.

/me sits of soapbox to give legs a rest.
 
The post came from the news that the US Supremes Court upheld a law making something illegal even if it didn't exist.
I did say self-censorship doesn't work when there is no fabric of society as a framework.
I don't know how this can be addressed except by creating a better world for all humans to live in.
 
Looking to the future, perhaps a person convicted of a terrible crime will be mind swapped into the body of a badly disabled or ill person. Don't ask me how that would happen, but it would seem to be fitting.
 

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