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Originally posted by The Whackmiester:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/2....ap/index.html
I used to have a low opinion of the US, but NOW my opinion of the US has gone even lower! If it were up to me, these Child Pornographers would NEVER see the light of day EVER!!!
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Whackmeister on rampage again... what in the world does this have to do with your low opinion of America? Child pornography is not adequately battled in most countries, IMO.
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I do think the Free Speech argument has nothing to do with kiddyporn. I think it's sickening people are even considering whether they are obstructing freedom of speech when something as horrid as child porn is concerned. Free Speech should mean you are allowed to express any opinion you like, not that you should be allowed to take gruesome pictures of criminal activities and then spread them around, keep them on your computer and put them online.
Isn't it perhaps the case that this is against portrait laws? Because if you need the permission of those who are depicted, then free speech doesn't even *have* to come into the argument and it's illegal on other grounds.
[ 06-29-2004, 02:30 PM: Message edited by: Melusine ]