Mainländer
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I already addressed that argument here:Your logic makes no sense. The people who make cp FILM IT and DISTRIBUTE IT. But somehow, they are not doing it for YOUR consumption. They are doing it.......just cuz? Great way to take the responsibility off of your own shoulders. But of course it wouldn't stand if a little bit of common sense is used.
And here:I make a video of me punching someone on the face and explicitly say it's for the amusement of people who like watching people geting punched and upload it on the internet. People who simply download it and watch it should be jailed? Physical assault is a crime.
If we're just talking about morality, should simple possession of porn be outlawed in your opinion? What about leaked porn, without the consent of the person being shown there? Gore? Videos of people getting punched? Videos of animal cruelty? Car theft videos?
I don't think especulation on the intentions of the person who created the media are relevant to whether or not just watching it should be a crime, since people who are just watching it for free are not contributing to the crime in any way (also because it would be tricky to know it for sure, contrary to the clear made-up division you pull out of your ass to differ gore and CP - "all gore is produced without wanting attention, all CP is produced wanting attention").
In other words, I don't think giving attention to anything should be a crime, even if you can consistently prove that all CP is created to get attention and all gore is not (tip: you can't).
If you think just theoretically giving attention to the criminals through watching the media of the crimes should be a crime, then we need to universally apply that principle to gore, leaked porn, people getting punched, and so on. If you universally apply it, we get a dystopian perverted government where people should be jailed just for looking at things on the internet. If you don't universally apply and think ONLY CP simple possession should be a crime, there's a word for you: HYPOCRITE. It's a double standard. "It's ok if I sadistically laugh at my drug cartel gore video, but if someone watches CP somehow that's different and not ok".
Also, if we apply that:
1. CP is produced through illegal means.
2. CP is of an inherently harmful nature, being in and of itself an affront to the dignity of the child in question.
3. Such media, being contrary to the public morality and decency, should therefore be outlawed.
4. In order to effectively enforce a ban on such content, heavy penalties should exist for those who illegally view such media.
...consistently, what we get is an even more dystopian theocratic-ish government where all immoral acts should be criminalized, so everybody belongs in jail since everyone makes immoral things from time to time. Laughing at dark humor is immoral, for instance.
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