This is something I’ve been concerned about for a number of years. Actually, ever sinc CGI was clearly depicting human acts so realistically that any futurist could see that the day was soon coming that you could not tell the difference between real actors and CGI.
The foundational argument against posessing these images of children is that a real child is in the images or videos and is being exploited. No matter what the arguments the supporters of this industry may try, that argument trumps it all. But what of drawings and, of CGI that looks absolutely real? No child was exploited.
What then?
I too have wondered about this. In a few discussions, most people that I have talked to seem to think that such CGI images should be banned because they will encourage thoughts of child molestation, and then some might act on these thoughts. In other words, the reasoning against such images consists of thoughtcrime and what-ifs.
I personally have no desire to view anything depicting children sexually, and I am quite sure that you don’t either. Don’t be surprised if some on this thread accuse either or both of us of pedophilia, regardless.