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All the confusion with what the law is and how it's written doesn't stop it from being and being writtent the way it is. I don't understand everything about it, but I believe most of the assumptions in your first paragraph to be correct. Except that barbie and ken aren't anotomically correct and wouldn't be considedered porn anymore than Team America: World Police is a porn because of the puppet sex. Also I believe Barbie and Ken to be considered of legal age.
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SHOW ME" by Will McBride, I had no idea about. I would venture to guess that from both the nature of the book itself and the age of it it is covered by having "artistic or educational value". Which I can bring up a theory really disturbing on that issue:
They are selling a book depicting real porn with children and displaying no imediate warnings on the site about being illegal in the US or even in some states. Given most of the comments are from people in the united states, I assume that most purchases are made in the united states. I make the assumption that this is becuause some court has determined it to be of "artistic or educational value" as i said before. Now this means that the picture itself is legal for educational value. So you can start a child porn studio in the US as long as you market it as educational material. Also the actions depicted aren't illegal, being both parties are minors. This means you can teach children about sex and watch as long as it is educational to them, you being not a minor aren't involved, and that you have parental concent of said minors. If you are the parents of the minors I guess it's all good. Also how would you judge that the children have learned everything to their fullest extent, meaning there is no need to stop the classes until teacher and parent are convined that the eduation is complete.
I may be making some erronous jumps here and I would really like someone to tell me that I am completely wrong about this, and present evidence. I mean has anyone ever really tried doing this? Is it legally pheasable? And if this is really possible what were the drafters of these laws thinking????
Alternately, it is also possible that a law exists that makes an exception for this book alone to that law, but it would take a lot of reasearch to find out. If this is the case All of my assumptions would be completely wrong and the world would be better off. There must be someone here that knows more about these issues. Any law students here, you can start writting the most destubing legal thesis in history if you start doing research on this. How about our nice omnipresent FBI agents, can you give us some information about this? Anyone want to walk into a lawyer's office just to see the look on his face when you ask him about this? Might almost be worth the consulting fee you were tagged for. I might get more information I don't want, but seriously give me some feedback on this.