my year 7 maths teacher got arrested for child porn

[Galelleo]

Noone is condoning the abuse of children.

what hes trying to say is that possessing child porn, when its so openly out there, isnt as bad as making it, or being directly involved in it.

[enwiabe]

It is a quite light crime. It is the filming of child porn that breaks the law. The only crime in possession is that you are supporting the demand for it.

It is not a light crime. It is 'supporting the demand' for abusing children. Calling it a 'socially unacceptable private fetish' makes it sound like society is being intolerant.

I agree, the sick freaks who enjoy child pornography need rehabilitation and therapy (or in the predatorial cases - jailing), not people backing them up or diminishing the severity of their crime. The procuring and watching of child pornography is a truly foul and utterly despicable act.

[Galelleo]

It is a quite light crime. It is the filming of child porn that breaks the law. The only crime in possession is that you are supporting the demand for it.

It is not a light crime. It is 'supporting the demand' for abusing children. Calling it a 'socially unacceptable private fetish' makes it sound like society is being intolerant.

I agree, the sick freaks who enjoy child pornography need rehabilitation and therapy (or in the predatorial cases - jailing), not people backing them up or diminishing the severity of their crime. The procuring and watching of child pornography is a truly foul and utterly despicable act.

Do you feel the same way about homosexuals?

[Toothpaste]

What about puppet rapists?

[Pencil]

Do you feel the same way about homosexuals?

Woah that is offensive to homosexuals to compare them to people who possess child pornography

[tankia]

Do you feel the same way about homosexuals?

Woah that is offensive to homosexuals to compare them to people who possess child pornography

Yea, you were going out on a bit of a limb, bringing up homosexuals in context with sick freaks. Where does a gay person come into it?

[Galelleo]

how so? do they not have an equal amount of choice in the type of person theyre attracted to?

Just because one is socially acceptable and the other isnt doesnt mean you can ignore the things you dont want to think.

[Pencil]

Noone is condoning the abuse of children.

what hes trying to say is that possessing child porn, when its so openly out there, isnt as bad as making it, or being directly involved in it.

Buying child pornography, and thus supporting an industry that abuses children horrendously, isn't condoning child abuse in your books?

[Pencil]

how so? do they not have an equal amount of choice in the type of person theyre attracted to?

Just because one is socially acceptable and the other isnt doesnt mean you can ignore the things you dont want to think.

Homosexuals do not harm anybody.
Child pornography is horrific and very harmful to children. Hence it is socially inacceptable.
I don't see the correlation

[Galelleo]

Noone is condoning the abuse of children.

what hes trying to say is that possessing child porn, when its so openly out there, isnt as bad as making it, or being directly involved in it.

Buying child pornography, and thus supporting an industry that abuses children horrendously, isn't condoning child abuse in your books?

first of all, if it did condone child abuse, noone on this forum is buying child porn, so you cant say were condoning child abuse, I SAID noone here iS condoning child abuse, so youre suggesting that people on this forum buy child porn?

secondly, When people do buy that crap, its not because they support the abuse of children, its because they want to get off. plain and simple :S.

its selfish to the point of being despicable, true, because of hte consequences to the children, but they arent doing it in order to abuse children, theyre doing it DESPITE it abusing children.

[tankia]

You're still not justifying what homosexuality has to do with supporting, watching and posessing CHILD pornography..


Keyword, CHILD. Meaning, young. Meaning, underage. Meaning, still innocent. Prepubescent. Whatever you want to call it, it still has no relation to being gay.

[Pencil]

how so? do they not have an equal amount of choice in the type of person theyre attracted to?

god that's the same as saying 'well paedophiles are like homosexuals, because paedophiles can't help that they are attracted to young children, just like homosexuals can't help that they are attracted to people of the same sex'

[Galelleo]

how so? do they not have an equal amount of choice in the type of person theyre attracted to?

Just because one is socially acceptable and the other isnt doesnt mean you can ignore the things you dont want to think.

Homosexuals do not harm anybody.
Child pornography is horrific and very harmful to children. Hence it is socially inacceptable.
I don't see the correlation

Im not saying its socially acceptable, child abuse is disgusting and wrong.
This links in with what i just posted... homosexuals are accepted because when they do it its mutual, but child abusers have the control/power etc, thats why theyre called predators. I was simply saying that people who are homosexual cant choose who theyre attracted to. Similarly, people who are sexually atttracted to children cant CHOOSE what theyre attracted to.

Undeniably, they can choose not to act on that attraction... which i believe they should do, and what i think rehabilitation.

[Pencil]

first of all, if it did condone child abuse, noone on this forum is buying child porn, so you cant say were condoning child abuse, I SAID noone here iS condoning child abuse, so youre suggesting that people on this forum buy child porn?

secondly, When people do buy that crap, its not because they support the abuse of children, its because they want to get off. plain and simple :S.

its selfish to the point of being despicable, true, because of hte consequences to the children, but they arent doing it in order to abuse children, theyre doing it DESPITE it abusing children.

did I say this?

edit: no I did not. Don't say that I did

[Galelleo]

how so? do they not have an equal amount of choice in the type of person theyre attracted to?

god that's the same as saying 'well paedophiles are like homosexuals, because paedophiles can't help that they are attracted to young children, just like homosexuals can't help that they are attracted to people of the same sex'

thats exactly what im saying... same as heterosexuals. Theyre attracted to the opposite sex, and they cant help it...
Im not disregarding their responsibiltiy for their actions, im saying that noone can choose their sexuality.