the vast majority of child porn is now completely victimless.
Quoted so you can't remove it later.
I'm glad to see you quote the truth. It means we are making progress.
What's the difference between hentai of an underage anime girl and
a dwarf? All you gotta do is include a disclaimer that all the characters in your anime are over the age of 18 and some are suffering from Benjamin Button syndrome
You're basically highlighting the point of the anime group-- how the hell are you supposed to argue intent and age with a cartoon? As with all things though, it always depends on the judge. If a judge sees this thread and someone posting "fuck the government, I do what I want", it will probably make it harder for a judge to be impartial.
To be fair. If people wants to see cartoons with children having sex why put them in prison? It's not hurting anyone. We can't morally justify to put people in prison no matter how much we dislike something. If there are no victims there is no crime.
I'll add that you make a very valid point about the judge, not only are these laws completely over the top, they also tend to be subjective, making it arbitrary who should be sent to jail and who shouldn't. It's pretty clear who benefits from such massive power.
Do you like watching videos of store robberies? You should be prosecuted for robbery. Because by watching videos of store robberies, you are contributing to store robberies.
P.S. I'm not into CP, but the laws around it are just plain ridiculous at this point, and they can only get more stupid, because "think of the children"
What's interesting to me, is that, at least in the US, it seems you will get longer prison sentences for watching than for actually doing. Like they guy who never hurt a child, but was sent to prison for 150 years.
And you are allowed to have sex with a 17 year old, but if you take a picture of her you are suddenly a child pornographer. If you send her the picture you just took you now have committed the crime of "producing and distributing child pornography" even though it was completely consensual.
There is so much ignorance around this topic it's ridiculous. It's weird to be standing on the outside looking at this moral mass hysteria in action. Kind of makes you think the human kind hasn't really progressed all that much after all since back when "witches" where burned.
Heck I'm even feeling it myself, kind of like I'm obliged to add a "PS: I'm not into CP" disclaimer just to voice my opinion. That shit proves my point right there.