Julian, thank you for speaking your mind. I am also disgusted by the term and whatever it is supposed to represent.
I don't contribute to Tor, so some dude in Korea can watch youth being abused in the name of entertainment, where some see pleasure and fun, I see misery and suffering. --SiNA On Oct 20, 2012 1:11 PM, "Julian Yon" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:34:48 +0000 > Lee Whitney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Eugen do you have children? Not attacking you based on this but I'm > > curious how it affects perspective. > > > > In my mind it's pretty easy to drawn the line, things that have > > victims should usually be illegal and things that are unpopular but > > don't hurt anyone usually should be legal. No slippery slope > > necessary. > > I am willing to declare that I do have children, and previously worked > with kids. I also have experience of victims of abuse. In the case of > pornography, there is a *massive* moral/ethical difference between > images which clearly state “only adults are involved” and those which > purport to actually involve children. I don't think “obviousness” of a > fake is a viable criterion for determining the appropriateness of such > material. > > I am an anarchist and don't think that legislation is ever the “right” > solution to a problem, but as we don't yet live in an anarchy sometimes > it's the best we're going to get for now. As anarchism is about > protecting *everybody's* right not to be abused, campaigning for the > legalisation of a crime with obvious victims (especially ones such as > children who are naturally vulnerable) is not something I see as > helpful. I don't think it's helpful for Tor (or Tor users) to be > associated with that either, hence my decision to respond. > > -- > 3072D/F3A66B3A Julian Yon (2012 General Use) <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > > _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
