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UK Proposal To Restrict Internet Pornography Sparks Row
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports on the row over proposals by the UK Government to criminalize possession of 'extreme' porn. The bill, published last week, would include the prohibition of fictional depictions of violence and images of acts between consenting adults. The law would also apply to screenshots taken from a legal film, if the screenshot was made for erotic purposes. The goal is to prevent disturbed individuals from accessing content online that would trigger violent behavior. From the article: 'Labour MP Martin Salter, who has worked closely ... in pushing the legislation, rejected the BDSM community's claims their civil liberties were being undermined. He said: "No-one is stopping people doing weird stuff to each other but they would be strongly advised not to put it on the internet. At the end of the day it is all too easy for this stuff to trigger an unbalanced mind."' The bill follows from plans initially announced last August."
Few members of my family including my x have worked for social services and thus have helped me realize a few impossible facts that you should be aware of before you start getting so fervently ideological. You have a child who was raped continuously growing up, cps come in throws the parent in jail and puts the child in foster care. The only problem is now this child has been programed to act on warped sexual impulses in very violent way. he rapes and kills the dog and tries to mulest mom. The child is no longer able to be in foster care and now grows up in a a juvi home with other like him. This child now turns eighteen where according to law they must now let him go into society and there is nothing that can do about it. Simply because all his crimes were committed as a juvenile he has served his time and he record was expunged at 18 years old. So they let him go hoping for the best knowing full well with a few years he will act on said impulse and end up in prison in the psych ward. So how do you propose to fix this problem, you can't hold them againts there will. you cant' force them to seek treatment, they are jsut sitting there like a time bomb just waiting on teh right stimulus to explode.