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originally posted by: Balans
originally posted by: Guenter
originally posted by: Balans
a reply to: Guenter
I see where you're coming from, but this is not one of those cases where you should be standing up for the freedom to look. He had the freedom to look at them, but we as a society also have the freedom to lock this man up for looking at child porn.
I can't believe you're denying an entire # up industry. I live in Belgium, we've had our fair share of pedophile disasters over here, hell I even protested along with a couple hundreds of thousands of us back in the day when the Dutroux trial was going awry. Denying that it exists does more harm to the cause then anything else. It truly boggles the mind that you're denying the existence of these networks.
Like a poster before me has stated, it is only because there are people out there that look at these things that there is a supply. Take away the viewers as much as possible as to reduce demand would be one of the basic things to do to combat this despicable, hideous behaviour.
No mercy for the pedos, ever !
So with your logic we then should lock up all the drug USERS to stop the drug industry?
And NO the CP Industry does NOT exist! IF it did exist it would be a PR dream for all the LEA and other moralists to parade us the riches and wealth of these "producers" before the cameras.
Where do you get the audacity to compare child porn to drug use...
And wow, try telling that to all the parents who've lost their children to this industry. Do some soulsearching and internet browsing, it's not hard to find evidence of their existence...
originally posted by: Guenter
originally posted by: Balans
originally posted by: Guenter
originally posted by: Balans
a reply to: Guenter
I see where you're coming from, but this is not one of those cases where you should be standing up for the freedom to look. He had the freedom to look at them, but we as a society also have the freedom to lock this man up for looking at child porn.
I can't believe you're denying an entire # up industry. I live in Belgium, we've had our fair share of pedophile disasters over here, hell I even protested along with a couple hundreds of thousands of us back in the day when the Dutroux trial was going awry. Denying that it exists does more harm to the cause then anything else. It truly boggles the mind that you're denying the existence of these networks.
Like a poster before me has stated, it is only because there are people out there that look at these things that there is a supply. Take away the viewers as much as possible as to reduce demand would be one of the basic things to do to combat this despicable, hideous behaviour.
No mercy for the pedos, ever !
So with your logic we then should lock up all the drug USERS to stop the drug industry?
And NO the CP Industry does NOT exist! IF it did exist it would be a PR dream for all the LEA and other moralists to parade us the riches and wealth of these "producers" before the cameras.
Where do you get the audacity to compare child porn to drug use...
And wow, try telling that to all the parents who've lost their children to this industry. Do some soulsearching and internet browsing, it's not hard to find evidence of their existence...
LIST me the names of the so called CP-LORDS that can be compared in "ranking" to the likes of Pablo Escobar or Guzman. IF they would exist, then the MSM would be showing us this day and night on "special reports". They can't because they do not exist!
And for an alleged 11-15 Billion$ "industry" it is a bit strange that no one can finger us a true "CP-Lord". Even such entities as the Mafia stay away from this "alleged lucrative industry".
This holds also true for the "alleged Cannibal farms" in which people are supposedly raised for "meat" and so forth. No proof what so ever!
originally posted by: awareness10
And anyone who know's their Science, knows that simply 'Viewing' anything has a Scientific Effect on it. Atoms Protons Electrons, Hello? Everything we Think and Feel and Touch has An Effect on everything else.
originally posted by: Guenter
originally posted by: TNMockingbird
a reply to: Guenter
With all due respect,
Did you read the link?
for possessing two dozen photos and videos — some showing men sexually assaulting girls as young as 3 years old, according to court papers.
Why, just asking, would someone choose to look at photos of 3 YEAR OLD CHILDREN being RAPED?
He is a convicted sex offender!
It is no ones business what one chooses to LOOK at. There are many people who delight in LOOKING at the beheading photos and videos of Saudi Arabia. It is not a question of morality, it is a question of FREEDOM to look!
It is exactly this: "But is is for the Children" arguments that enabled TBTB to make "snooping" in our online activities possible. So tomorrow someone finds the secret "free energy" blueprints of Tesla and post's them and now you will be arrested for LOOKING at them because TBTB don't want you to find out how to get off the grid.
You guys focus on the KIDS, and not at the principle right to LOOK! And that is exactly the trap TPTB set you and you run willingly into! But it's for the Children!
originally posted by: Guenter
originally posted by: TNMockingbird
a reply to: Guenter
I'm trying to understand, and I do, to a degree BUT...
If we "allow" this type of behavior who is going to protect the children's freedom?
This is an honest question!
Their life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness is being infringed upon by nature of supply and demand.
Crimes ARE being committed. You can't deny that honestly.
I understand "they are pictures" BUT understand that he has committed a crime of a sexual nature in the past and I believe by his consumption of child porn, today, that it is walking a dangerous tightrope to re-offending.
I believe,
No, I can't prove it.
AND, YES, it IS for the children.
If he has committed an actual sexual assault on a child before or not, I do not know or can tell. The fact is that it is about PICTURES and nothing else! As long as he did not PRODUCE the images himself, - in which case the "porn" issue would not be an issue but the "sexual assault" would be a much graver concern for the courts.
WHO produces these pictures and where is not my concern. My concern is the incarceration of people for LOOKING.
It comes down pretty similar with the marijuana laws; locking people up for a few joints.
A picture can be seen as evidence to a crime. So then identify the persons committing the act on that picture, not the person LOOKING at the same.
Why do people DL the images from Saudi Arabia's executions for example is an enigma for me. But people do so. Does this mean they are now going to copy cat SA in their back yards? I have over 200 books on Nazi's and many old original "manuals" of that period. Does this make me a Nazi?
The PRODUCTION of Child Porn is a crime. But what this case is about is the "crime of LOOKING". And if people cannot see the difference between the very same than I am worried not about the guys LOOKING but about the mases condemning him. Because such a "Mob" is a bit more dangerous than a guy "LOOKING" at some CP.
originally posted by: Guenter
originally posted by: Balans
originally posted by: Guenter
originally posted by: Balans
a reply to: Guenter
I see where you're coming from, but this is not one of those cases where you should be standing up for the freedom to look. He had the freedom to look at them, but we as a society also have the freedom to lock this man up for looking at child porn.
I can't believe you're denying an entire # up industry. I live in Belgium, we've had our fair share of pedophile disasters over here, hell I even protested along with a couple hundreds of thousands of us back in the day when the Dutroux trial was going awry. Denying that it exists does more harm to the cause then anything else. It truly boggles the mind that you're denying the existence of these networks.
Like a poster before me has stated, it is only because there are people out there that look at these things that there is a supply. Take away the viewers as much as possible as to reduce demand would be one of the basic things to do to combat this despicable, hideous behaviour.
No mercy for the pedos, ever !
So with your logic we then should lock up all the drug USERS to stop the drug industry?
And NO the CP Industry does NOT exist! IF it did exist it would be a PR dream for all the LEA and other moralists to parade us the riches and wealth of these "producers" before the cameras.
Where do you get the audacity to compare child porn to drug use...
And wow, try telling that to all the parents who've lost their children to this industry. Do some soulsearching and internet browsing, it's not hard to find evidence of their existence...
LIST me the names of the so called CP-LORDS that can be compared in "ranking" to the likes of Pablo Escobar or Guzman. IF they would exist, then the MSM would be showing us this day and night on "special reports". They can't because they do not exist! And for an alleged 11-15 Billion$ "industry" it is a bit strange that no one can finger us a true "CP-Lord". Even such entities as the Mafia stay away from this "alleged lucrative industry".
This holds also true for the "alleged Cannibal farms" in which people are supposedly raised for "meat" and so forth. No proof what so ever!
originally posted by: awareness10
a reply to: TNMockingbird
Only a Pedo would try to demean a child. I'm sick of this world, it's getting worse by the day. Now we have protect children from Adults who think it's normal to do this EVIL sh*t. If one more person stands up for this type of behaviour being 'ok' or 'PC' i'm going to turn to dark magic and cast an evil spell on them, maybe one that magically castrates a'holes....
Source
According to a May 2010 New York Times article, Weinstein entered the national debate regarding child pornography laws by issuing a "series of rulings that directly attack the mandatory five-year prison sentence faced by defendants charged with receiving child pornography."[8]
originally posted by: Guenter
He was looking at PICTURES! When are you people finally realize that it was the very so called "Child-Porn" scare that had all run and cry for help for better "Online Policing"! And yet the same people who complain against Government snooping still want to see a guy in jail for PICTURES! This is the disgusting part of you! Either you want FREEDOM or you want none, but you can't just "chose" what pictures are OK to look at and what are not and need "policing".
It removes all doubt that one who puts in motion or assists in the illegal enterprise
or causes the commission of an indispensable element of the offence, by an innocent
agent or instrumentality is guilty as a principle even though he intentionally
refrained from the direct act.
Whosoever shall aid abet counsel or procure the commission of any indictable offence
shall be liable to be tried, indicted and punished as a principal offender