Should CP be legal to *VIEW*

What I don't understand is, why is it illegal to merely VIEW images of child pornography? Why does the govenrnmet feel the need to prevent people from seeing something that has already occured, as if hiding it from view will change the fact that it has happened? Banning pictures of the holocaust won't change the fact that it happened.

Is it because it depicts an act that is illegal? We see illegal acts being committed all the time. Hell, we even have television programs dedicated to watching real video of illegal acts being committed. I can freely go online and watch videos of real robberies, thefts, carjackings, beatings, even murders and assassinations. BUT WAIT! That girl looks a little TOO sexy! Lock the fucker in prison!

Is it because it could encourage deviant behavior? There's nothing to stop murderers from going on to Rotten or Ogrish to download all kinds of grisly scenes of murder and death and getting off to that. Does the government think that banning possession of murder and crime scene photos will prevent murders from occuring? Apparently they are not that stupid. Why, then, the double standard? Because there are children involved? Again, I could go over to Rotten or Ogrish and download pictures of dead and mutilated children all day long. Nothing wrong with that, huh?

Is it because they think the only reason that child pornography is produced is because there is a demand for it? Yeah fucking right. That's like saying that if there was no longer a demand for art, all artists in the world would stop painting, all composers would stop making music, all writers would stop writing. It doesn't work that way. No I am not directly comparing child pornography to the fine arts, but the situation is the same.

I suppose what it can finally come down to is not wanting to give pedophiles the satisfaction. Everyone hates pedos, right? But everyone hates the KKK and ELF and the God Hates Fags people, and they're still allowed to think and believe whatever they want, as long as they don't act out violently. How is fapping to an image an act that affects anyone other than the one fapping? It is a victimless "crime," much like enjoying certain drugs in the privacy of one's own home.

I am no more in support of the production of child pornography than I am of the commiting of any other violent crime. But I am against censorship of any kind. Not letting one watch a video of JFK getting assassinated isn't going to change the fact that his fucking brains were blown out, just like not letting one see a picture of Vicky isn't going to change the fact that she took it in the pooper.

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Not that im for pedography(coin), but im going to pick you apart anyways. It's not about support CP viewing, its about supporting your ability to view everything. Looking at things is a god given right... and CP viewing is exactly like looking at other criminal activities. Look at snuff videos for instance (which are worse because its actually human loss of life). There is also a lot more murders off camera then there are on, I don't see you point. If you are somehow suggesting banning looking at it will stop people, one could argue itll only make it a forbidden object and make more people interested in it. When you ask why would he do it? Why would anyone do anything. I've seen videos of people chopping and mutiliating their own dicks... why would anyone wanna do that? It doesn't have to make sense to you in order for it to happen.

Again... it doesnt really have to do with childporn being ok to look at so much as it should be ok to look at anything you want to. There should NEVER be a law in existance that limits what you can look at... thats rediculous (and thank god they don't, with exception to classified documents where its not a 'victimless' crime).

Also, lets face the facts, the people that make these porno videos with children aren't doing it so they can only video tape it. It would be hard to imagine someone's only fetish is children and video taping them together. Its more likely then not that these individuals would be molesting children regardless of the factor of a video tape.