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> We don't even mention the giant logical leap from finding someone possessing CP to automatically considering them a child molester, yet someone posessing an action movie is not considered a murderer.

Are you suggesting it's OK to possess CP as long as you're not a molester? What a fucking idiot.

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That's a stupid assumption to make based on that. If someone emails or messages you a picture then you're in possession of it if you chose to be or not.

No it was not a stupid assumption. You need to read more carefully as I exposed a flaw in his reasoning. The suggestion was that since CP possession does not prove physical molestation, therefore it is OK. Actually possession of CP is a crime in itself. This is an objective fact. I've known of otherwise intelligent people who do believe its actually OK to possess child porn if they're not physically molesting anyone.

Of course it is not OK. Does making it illegal and violating everyone's privacy rights reduce child abuse? I'd like to see the evidence. Another example is virtual child pornography which , evil as it is, does not harm anyone during its production, yet that is also illegal (in the US). The question is how far will governments go with the instrumentalization of child abuse prevention in order to spy on their own citizens

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