Based on that argument, should we report every man who buys porn magazines, because he may rape beautiful women?
Should we arrest every person who laughs at racist jokes (even sick racist jokes), because they may harm someone of a different race?
Does anyone have any solid evidence that everyone who looks at child pornography will molest kids? (It seems believable, but is it really true.)
I want to be sure that we are not stepping into the realm of "thought policing" rather than policing criminal acts.
I understand where you are going with that...but those are adults making those choices to have themselves photographed/filmed/etc. You are talking about a child here...and while I believe that most children can make SOME decisions...this is not one of them. It is illegal, the purveyors of this type of material should be brought to justice and the consumers should be put into mental programs. As there is AA, some say this is an addiction as well...so treat it that way. If they are repressing an addiction, it is just going to get stronger and harder to resist. They need to seek mental help and take the addiction head on.
Child molestors are the worst type of criminals, even the criminal community singles them out in prison. Need to stop it before it gets to that point.
Possession of child porn is a crime. Hello!!!
We're already there:
SAN FRANCISCO (Nov. 8) - The son of Mercury astronaut Walter Schirra has been arrested on child sex tourism charges, federal authorities said Monday.
Walter Schirra, 54, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday morning just before he was to board a flight to Thailand where he allegedly intended to solicit sex from underage boys, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement