If what he's doing isn't illegal now, maybe it should be.
Maybe it shouldn't be. There are hundreds of/. threads filled up with complaints about the US government and legal system. Our rights are constantly eroded by attempts to 'legislate morality'. Repeat with me: just because something is unethical or immoral does NOT mean it needs to be illegal.
Ethics and morals are nothing more than opinions, and they vary greatly from person to person.
Neglecting to report a vulnerability is not remotely criminal, no matter how much you disagree with his motivation.
Desensitizes. Regardless, we are all rational human beings, and I seriously doubt any amount of desensitization would allow an otherwise-normal person to rationalize abusing a child.
Your argument that viewing child porn might lead one to act on it is bad because it does not hold the child-predator 100% responsible for his/her actions (it blames the porn). If anything, you and others who hold similar beliefs are doing society a disservice by allowing for the possibility that the fault could lie ANYwhere else. Don't think for one second we won't see the "porn made me do it" defense if this idiocy keeps up. (I bet someone with legal knowledge could cite me a case right now actually). Also, I dont think its true. Child predators have been around long before magazines and the internet were created.
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Maybe it shouldn't be. There are hundreds of
Neglecting to report a vulnerability is not remotely criminal, no matter how much you disagree with his motivation.
"For the next generation of horologists, it's about time." thought that was clever
Desensitizes. Regardless, we are all rational human beings, and I seriously doubt any amount of desensitization would allow an otherwise-normal person to rationalize abusing a child. Your argument that viewing child porn might lead one to act on it is bad because it does not hold the child-predator 100% responsible for his/her actions (it blames the porn). If anything, you and others who hold similar beliefs are doing society a disservice by allowing for the possibility that the fault could lie ANYwhere else. Don't think for one second we won't see the "porn made me do it" defense if this idiocy keeps up. (I bet someone with legal knowledge could cite me a case right now actually). Also, I dont think its true. Child predators have been around long before magazines and the internet were created.