Minor in comparison? Anything can be justified in this manner. I could say that the threat of communism was minor compared to the threat of the Nazi. It could have been a set-up however. Plus, sometimes you never know where you may accidently end up on the internet with all those pop-ups and stuff.
Not trying to say pornography is okay on any level...but the question I always have is...what exactly did he have?
A picture of a 17 year old girl, even if SHE put it on the Internet, is still child porn and most people wouldn't know the difference. Now if it is pics of pre-teens...yes we have a major problem here.
The problem I have with that is TECHNICALLY, pictures of my son's first bath could be classified as Child Porn. Granted they are not on the Internet...but it is like that case where the father was taking a video of his 3 year old daughter running around after her bath, set it to music and gave it to his ex-wife as an "isn't this cute" type of thing. Then she takes him to court saying that he is taking naked shots of his daughter. And I am sure that most of you have pictures your parents took of you playing in water etc. when you were a baby.
Not that this is what is on this kid's computer...just that it is all about intention.