Posted on 04/28/2008 1:31:54 PM PDT by newgeezer
I think it’s high time to make sex illegal.
“Maybe monsters is too mild a word after you meet one.”
I agree, what else do you call someone who enjoys watching babies raped?
“I agree, what else do you call someone who enjoys watching babies raped?”
I dunno, someone who has an institute named after him at a major U.S. university?
Of course he knew it was wrong. And, yes, it is pretty hard to sympathize with him. However, and without excusing what he did, I can feel bad for how easy it was for him to develop a life-destroying interest in child porn.
Prior to the internet if one wanted to view pornography, they had to drive to the seedy adult bookstore out on the edge of town and purchase magazines or movies. If one wanted to view child porn, they had to search for it. You couldn't buy it at the adult bookstore. One had to ask around to find underground clubs where the material was discretely traded amongst the members.
The internet has brought pornography into the privacy of peoples' homes. No longer is someone afraid of having their car identified by a neighbor or coworker when they park it at the adult bookstore. Men (and women) can procure pornography in privacy without anyone knowing. The ability to do this privately (and without paying money) has led many people into addiction where they can spend hours each evening looking at porn on the internet. It is conceivable that in looking at hundreds of porn sites, someone might stumble upon something inappropriate and, out of curiosity, click on it. The next thing they know, they've found this site and proceed to download image upon image.
So here we have people that prior to the internet might have never actively searched out underage porn but because they "found" some on line, saw something they never saw before and developed an attraction to it.
And, yes, these people are criminals by virtue of the fact that they continue to download these images.
What people need to realize is it is becoming increasingly easier for authorities to monitor what we are downloading. Looking at porn at home is no longer a private affair. Guys like this failed to realize that and now he's going to be made an example of. You can guarantee there are hundreds if not thousands of people who read this article and thought, "There but for the grace of God..." and are scrubbing their hard drives.
The internet has created an audience for child pornography where there didn't used to be one before, except amongst the most dedicated of pedophiles who actively sought it out. As monitoring becomes more commonplace, we can expect to see a lot more people from all walks of life find themselves in the same boat as this fellow.
Just my $0.02.
I agree, what else do you call someone who enjoys watching babies raped?
Dead.
You're implying what this guy did should be legal?
No.
I'll second that "oh, please." Very few things in this world are more offensive than child pornography, and anyone who appreciates it or traffics in it should be chemically sterilized, period, if only so that their genes won't be passed on to a new generation of people interested in this sort of horror show.
I typed in “Beatitudes for Kids” in google and was directed to a porn web site in one of the links. I was stunned.
If not, what point was "I think it’s high time to make sex illegal" intended to convey?
It was for those who find sex disgusting and want others to conform to their neurosis.
Ah, well, thanks for clearing that up.
LOL
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