chocolate covered raisins wrote:
That is how it begins. Convicted rapers have even admitted it. Did anyone watch the Oprah special last week? Every single one of those guys said it started out as fantasy. And they said if you are fantasizing about children to get help ASAP because it can lead to you acting out.

And to say looking at kiddie porn is the same as playing video games is ridiculous. Those games are about violence, not sexual fantasies about children. They just arrested the boy who killed and raped Somer Thompson...and guess how they caught him? His roommates were smart enough to turn him in since they noticed kiddie porn on his computer. Only sick people look at that.

Edit: This guy basically needs to find a new hobby that way he doesn't get labeled as something if he isn't really into that stuff.
Firstly, have you never heard of the connection between violent video games and murderers? If not, you've been living under a rock.

Secondly, why is violence worse than sexual fantasies? They are both illegal, they are both unacceptable, end of story.

And most of all, have all of you heard of the first amendment? It DOES NOT exist to protect the freedoms YOU think are acceptable. It exists so that EVERYONE has freedom of speech and freedom of the press, and whether you agree with it or not is entirely irrelevant. It is not child porn. It is a piece of artwork that depicts something illegal, much like many comics and literary pieces that depict murder, rape, incest, etc. If we start banning every art piece that depicts something controversial, we will be living in a totalitarian nation with no freedom.

The bottom line is, he has not committed a crime, and it is an abomination to criminalize someone who has not infringed upon anyone else's rights. He was reading something in the privacy of his own home. This isn't about whether you enjoy looking at drawings of child pornography, it is about our freedom as Americans. It is a fast downward spiral if the government begins to pick and choose which freedoms citizens can and can't have.