Re: dude gets jailed for have manga child porn
There are two issues here that we need to avoid confusing:
1) Was a law broken?
2) Is the law just?
The answer to the first is obvious. Yes, a law was broken and the breaker of the law should be held accountable. If we are going to be a civil society we can't subjectively decide what laws we enforce and what laws are "stupid" and not enforce. If you don't like the law, work to change it, but expecting it to not be enforced is silly.
As for the law being just, I couldn't really say. I would have to see evidence of cartoon child porn and its relation to action. If there is evidence that it does increase the likelihood of a pederast violating a kid, the law is just. If not, then it is not just. Laws are meant to protect individuals. If this law does, in fact, protect the innocent I think it is just. If it does not protect anyone, then it is simply unnecessary censorship and the government should not be involved.
If I were to guess I would say that porn like that helps people with penchants for pedophilia deal with those feelings without touching kids, but I would only be guessing.
In any case, I'm not sure how my response garnered a "wow".
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