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Child Porn is extremely nasty...
But some otherwise decent people get involved in viewing child porn even though they don't produce it.

The law is roughly analogous to the drug laws where users get hooked by drug dealers.

The idea that possession of child porn is harmful to children is illogical and a crock. It is production of child porn that harms children. At best, possession should be a misdemeanor.

All this is based upon my experience of helping to defend a good friend of mine in federal court. He is a decent guy that has never harmed a child, and would never harm a child.

Child porn is the only crime in which you can be prosecuted for looking at something, and that a person can be guilty of, but the law enforcement or expert witnesses that view that same child porn can view with impunity.
Posted by: JohnBoyTheGreat   Posted on: 04/18/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Guilty or not, he's guilty of  bjbrock | 04/18/07
Destruction of Email  mighetto | 04/18/07
Americans demand what?  jhand47201 | 04/22/07
Some police do understand these issues, or at least listen  jscully@... | 04/18/07
I thank you for educating them....  el1jones | 04/18/07
modern day witch hunt  conspicuouschick | 04/18/07
Child Porn is extremely nasty...  JohnBoyTheGreat | 04/18/07
RE: "looking at something"  mikebellman | 04/19/07
no you don't have to seek it out  jhand47201 | 04/22/07
Thank you indead  mighetto | 04/18/07
"Possession" as crime is a crock  stormculture | 04/18/07
Absolutely right!  JohnBoyTheGreat | 04/18/07
very dense housing  JJohnson@... | 04/18/07
This will limit open WIFI use  sstevens@... | 04/18/07
Government supplied what?  markdean | 04/18/07
but when it's YOUR property  nancyjones36507@... | 01/17/08
Will be a problem  mames1701 | 04/18/07
Open WiFi doesn't put physical media in the house.  felix52 | 04/18/07
True, True...  RealAusTech | 04/18/07
another question  conspicuouschick | 04/18/07
Can't this type of info be spoofed?  frankv@... | 04/18/07
it happened to me  jhand47201 | 04/22/07
WiFi blame is misplaced  intrepi@... | 04/18/07
Partly right  markdean | 04/18/07
No one is Blaming The WiFi  frankv@... | 04/18/07
Kiddie Porn  GeneBuettner | 04/18/07
this is  KingSatan | 04/18/07
Guilty of bad legal advise?  jc williams | 04/18/07
The issue isn't whether he actually had porn  Jack&Jill | 04/18/07
Where is the harm.  joe6pack_z | 04/18/07
How did you hurt anybody?  G Fedorchuk | 04/25/07
Blackmail  Mnighthawk | 04/18/07
RE: The harm - children and sex  mikebellman | 04/19/07
Here's the problem...  backwards | 10/20/07

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