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I believe the USA needs to repeal laws regarding posession of child porn. Not because that stuff is ok... it's sick. Creation of child porn should remain illegal. But because it is being used as blackmail to steer politicians into acting against the interests of the United States.

I think this issue is far more important than immigration, the economy or tarriffs. It is only surpassed by issues of war.

It has to be driven by the people. Politicians are coerced so they won't drive it.

Of course the "moral signalling" is totally backwards... it looks like an issue only perverts would support.... which is why the USA probably cannot be saved and will collapse into a smoldering heap of evil.

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mrclownworld 9mo ago

That is a very interesting take

But even if it weren’t illegal it would still be effective blackmail

You just need to publish an independent investigation in a major news outlet

LuisSP 9mo ago

I had this thought too. As the other comment:

"You can always find ways to put CP on your adversary's computer but it's difficult to make it stick well enough to hold up in court. "

One of the reasons moral =/= legal is that it is not enough that the law is moral, the law must work in practice. If it can not be correctly enforced, it may do more harm than good, and then it may be better to tolerate (*) some evil.

So, the question is not a moral one, it is a legal and technical (network security) issue. Are there cases where child porn was planted into a innocent person's computer? How viable is to do that? How are the courts dealing with that? Do prosecutors need more evidence than 'photos on your computer' to convict? Are cases starting with 'photos on computer' important to start investigations looking for pedo rings?

I don't know the answer. And it may vary on time and place.

(*) that is the definition of 'tolerance'. To fight evil, in practice, with the available means, would create worse evils. So, we abstain from the fight, which is different from accepting it as good.

Dissident Sound 9mo ago

punishment, in all cases, must be based on harm caused

instead today punishment is based on righteous indignation moral posturers feel

and they can feel indignation over anything for example a woman not wearing a head scarf or you eating pork or drinking alcohol and on and on

the problem is the average person is a dog, possess no intelligence and only knows how to bark

it is easier to kill them all than explain anything to them which is why mass murderers do it

Comte de Sats Germain 9mo ago

We should make all digital "evidence" unacceptable in courts. Its too easy to fake. Maybe its real, maybe its not, there's no way to be sure.

OperationEunice 9mo ago

Creating and distribution needs to be illegal obviously. Also sometimes people download this shit by accident. You won't be able to tell the difference between a 17 yo and 18 yo girl in nature.