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The Slippery Legal Slope of Cartoon Porn
BenFenner writes "Two out of the three Virginia judges involved with Dwight Whorley's case say cartoon images depicting sex acts with children are considered child pornography in the United States. Judge Paul V. Niemeyer noted the PROTECT Act of 2003, clearly states that 'it is not a required element of any offense under this section that the minor depicted actually exists.'"
(non-human like, lets say a 1m cube with a penis sized hole in one side)
Companion cube, indeed.
"Who modded this informative? Whoever it is must've been smokin' some of that martian pot!"
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TFA states that he was also convicted for obscene e-mails describing sex acts with children. Anybody else find this even more worrying than the pictures?
I guess this means you can commit a felony by posting a few choice lines on slashdot?
(Posting anon since I don't want to be associated with this subject, however remotely)
This sig is just as redundant as the rest of this posting
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Now THAT'S funny.
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
This was a triumph!
No you need to see a therapist ...
Where is Lucy van Pelt when you need her?
I'm old enough to remember when discussions on Slashdot were well informed.
"What is before you is an Aperture Sciences cube shaped phallus receptacle. I do not recommend utilizing the Aperture Sciences cube shaped phallus receptacle... for the results could be... unpredictable. Oh... I see that you are ignoring me and using the Aperture Sciences cube shaped phallus receptacle anyway. Fine. But will the Aperture Sciences cube shaped phallus receptacle... love you as I do?"
"Who modded this informative? Whoever it is must've been smokin' some of that martian pot!"
I'm reporting this thread immediately to the DOJ. You are all clearly trying to find loopholes around this important legislation that is vital to protect our cartoons and adults dressed as children.
This shit is gonna get sticky fast
Poor choice of words.
Rule 34 on the Supreme Court.
...thinking about having sex with Children. And then writing about thinking about having sex with Children. Ooops. I'm in trouble.
Madness... This is COPA!
what is the two year old wearing?
So if pictures can depict real things...
Does this mean we can just pay off any fines by drawing large sums of money (or just sacks with $$'s on them, would be easier).
Finally, we'll be able to pay all of those software people and musicians the 'lost' money they are owed by those pirates!
End the economic crisis.
End world hunger.
It's all in our reach!!
I'm now declaring that every child character in any cartoon series is actually an adult with a rare disease that keeps them in a child state. They're all over 18.
PROBLEM SOLVED.
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/gimages/rule34portal.jpg You know. It depresses me on some level that I managed to find that within 5 seconds of starting to search. But it had to be done.
How could this concept not be a two way street? If you ask someone and they represent themselves as over 18, use a fake ID to appear to be of age, or simply meet in a place (such as a 19+ bar) where they, simply by being there, should be of age, do they not then appear to be of age which, if appearances are all that matter, should suffice?
Think of the (nonexistant) children!
But that's exactly what those people looking at those pics are doing! :)
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
So, does this prevent Gary Coleman from doing porn, because he looks underage?
No it does not. However, we should find some other excuse to prevent Gary Coleman from doing porn.
Didn't he mean that the character itself is 20 years old? Obviously the in-joke with the Simpsons is that none of the children ever get any older. So it's more like having sex with a midget that looks like a 10-year old but isn't. Isn't it?
You thought you could break the laws of physics without paying the PRICE?
Thanks, that was the single most horrid vision I've ever had on Slashdot.
And I was around during the goatse phase ten years ago.
Is that you Seinfeld?
beyond a certain time it goes bad...
Just like pornography, actually.