On 18 Apr 2001, at 20:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Child porn seems pretty unpleasant to me Please define "child pornography". Is the picture of a nude kid on the beach child porn? (legal in most European countries) A 14-year- old having sex? (legal in many European countries) What about fictional text? Is the sentence "Charleen, a 7-year-old girl, was sitting on the couch masturbating" child pornography; would one commit a thought crime by thinking such a sentence? What is the difference between fictional and non-fictional child pornography? Are we talking about sex, or are we talking about violence? Why do we tolerate pictures of violence committed against children while not tolerating pictures of children's sexuality, even if expressed completely in absence of violence? In the cartoon series "South Park" a schoolchild named "Kenny" is killed in every episode, usually quite brutally. This is completely legal (and most people on this list would probably not want it to be illegal). Yet, if the children in the series weren't either committing violent acts or victims of violence, but having sex with each other, it would be illegal and an outrage. Why? What is the difference between "good pornography" and "bad pornography" and how does one spot it? Also read: http://www.infoanarchy.org/?op=displaystory&sid=2001/3/19/205824/188 http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/3/30/4410/84525 Peace Erik -- Scientific Reviewer, Freelancer, Humanist -- Berlin/Germany Phone: +49-30-45491008 - Web: <http://www.humanist.de/erik> The Origins of Peace and Violence: <http://www.violence.de> "The right way to do things is not to try to persuade people you're right but to challenge them to think it through for themselves." (Noam Chomsky) _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
