@hawkeye10,
Quote:Set, Firefly and Robert appear to all have recently figured out that I am serious, that I am not an attention junky....
But you are an attention junky...that's why you check the view count of this thread..and you'll think your thread is great simply if goes beyond a certain number of pages, even if most of the posts are insults directed at you.
Quote:Not being a believer in Vodoo I dont believe that any harm was done to a child by looking at a pic of a child
You seem to be relatively alone in that view.
It is generally acknowledged, by most people in the world, that the children in child porn images are victimized by the actions of those who view their images, and possession of child pornography is not regarded as a victimless crime.
Note what this man is charged with--sexually exploiting children.
Quote:Police arrest Orem man on child pornography charges
By Donald W. Meyers
The Salt Lake Tribune
Dec 14, 2011
A 27-year-old Orem is facing almost 80 counts of sexually exploiting children after dozens of child pornography images were found on his computer.
In court papers, Orem police said they received a tip that the man had child pornography on his computers. When confronted by police in his motel room Tuesday, the man said he had a problem with child pornography, and that he had pictures on his computers.
Police said the man gave detectives permission to look on his computer, and they found 59 still pictures and two videos of nude children, ranging in ages from 4 to 14. The images showed the children engaged in sex acts and being molested by adult men.
The man told police he received the images and saved them on his computer. Police say he told them that he had hundreds of images on his two computers.
The man is charged with 79 second-degree felony counts of sexually exploiting children, and potentially faces one-to-15-years in prison on each county. He is being held at the Utah County Jail on $25,000 bail.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53117698-78/police-child-images-pornography.html.csp
Quote:We used to understand that humans are not responsible for what we feel, only for what we do
And what you don't seem to realize, or admit, is that someone, like this man, is arrested for
what he has done--downloaded and possessed illegal child pornography images--and not for his feelings. And what you also don't admit, is that the consumer of such images is part of the chain of events that began with the initial abuse of the child to create the images--without the demand, the production of child porn would not exist--and the consumer is what keeps the child porn industry thriving. And, obviously, you do not admit that the viewing and possession of the images continues the exploitation of the child--which is precisely what this man is charged with. He was not arrested for his feelings, he was arrested for his actions--actions which sexually exploit children.
Quote:I care about winning hearts and minds for a more sensible and healthy attitude towards erotic impulses
When we talk about "erotic impulses" toward children--pedophilia--we are referring to adult sexual impulses which abuse and harm innocent children, the sort of deviant impulses no civilized society is going to tolerate. I think our attitude is quite "sensible and healthy"--we want to protect the children, we want to stop the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. We want to stop the
acts of pedophiles, including the possession and viewing of sexualized images of children, images that continue the abuse and exploitation of these children, images that continue to violate the privacy of these children.
You are the one lacking a "sensible and healthy" attitude toward this issue.
Cause you have to be right all the time and you don't care, for the "child" who has no choice when they have those photos taken as they know no better.