First lets equate this to drink driving. If someone drinks and drives, causes a car accident and then kills the person in that car, then they get convicted with 20 years in prison, lose their job, and lose their license. If another person drinks and drives, but doesn't cause an accident or any deaths but just gets pulled over by a cop, and they get the same punishment, will people just decide they might as well start causing car accidents because potentially they will get the same punishment for the crime? The answer is NO! You know why? Because of the moral consequences and anyone who would do something like that is a psychopath and deserves a sentence anyway. With drink driving however someone who gets pulled over only potentially could have caused an accident and the killing of someone whereas with the pigs that watch child porn they are partly the cause of the making of child porn since it's made for them to download and purchase so they are indirectly involved with the problem. And don't let the word indirectly make you think it's any less serious for them, the only reason I use it is because they don't actually do the raping but they sit by, watch it and enjoy the fact a kid is being tortured and hurt for their pleasure.
So no one is across the street thinking "Hey, I might as well rape the girl in the neighbours house since it's the same punishment as watching it" since if they have this thought in the first place this makes them a sexual predator that would have done it anyway. It's not like they are sitting there all their lives salivating over the watching of child porn, and then just because they hear about a decision that has been handed down in court that equates downloading child porn to actually doing the rape, that their whole mindset will change and they will turn into child rapists. They were potential rapists all along, it's in their mindset, simple as that.
I just can't believe you think watching child porn isn't that bad (And yes by even arguing in favour of the people who do this must disgusting of acts is thinking it's not that bad) don't mind give an awful argument like that. That's just an insult to abused kids and to yourself.
I can't believe you are making that argument in "favour" (and yes it is in favour) of those who download child pornography. The punishment handed down was not too harsh, and in fact those who watch the stuff are as bad as those who make it. By downloading child pornography (like any pornography) you are creating a demand for it that would not be there otherwise, therefore you are creating an industry for it and are in fact partly the reason these kids are having their lives ruined. I'm not saying childern being raped wouldn't happen if people didn't download it just before anyone says it, but it's a problem that needs to be solved one step at a time and Internet downloads and sites is a nice place to start. Plus a fully grown sexual man who has any kind of perversion is very capable of going out and acting upon those as well so don't feel too sorry for this man who probably has a few kids that have there friends over for sleep overs while their pig of a father sits in front of the computer sweating over kids their age.
Plus you can't compare it to murder or any other crime. Not all crimes are the same or have the same circumstances, they all have to be weighed and looked upon differently depending on the consequences of the crime, the effect it has on victims etc. Murdering someone in cold blood is a crime that deserves the death penalty (debatable I know), murdering someone who abuses you (like the kids who are being raped so sick pervs can download the stuff) is self defense. Raping a kid, and paying someone to rape that kid is a little bit closer together, so if someone pays another person to kill someone just because they didn't do it themselves does not make them any better then the murderer themselves, and in a way they can be perceived as worse since they propagated the whole situation.
Certain crimes are so vile that everyone involved should be punished equally, because if one part of the chain gets broken then that might help end the whole problem.
I just think people really need to check their left wing, liberal attitudes at the door here when it comes to this stuff, then again you are probably in favour of abortion which shows you don't really care about babies/kids having their lives torn apart as long as those doing it are happy in their lives.
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OK seriously, that argument was awful.
First lets equate this to drink driving. If someone drinks and drives, causes a car accident and then kills the person in that car, then they get convicted with 20 years in prison, lose their job, and lose their license. If another person drinks and drives, but doesn't cause an accident or any deaths but just gets pulled over by a cop, and they get the same punishment, will people just decide they might as well start causing car accidents because potentially they will get the same punishment for the crime? The answer is NO! You know why? Because of the moral consequences and anyone who would do something like that is a psychopath and deserves a sentence anyway. With drink driving however someone who gets pulled over only potentially could have caused an accident and the killing of someone whereas with the pigs that watch child porn they are partly the cause of the making of child porn since it's made for them to download and purchase so they are indirectly involved with the problem. And don't let the word indirectly make you think it's any less serious for them, the only reason I use it is because they don't actually do the raping but they sit by, watch it and enjoy the fact a kid is being tortured and hurt for their pleasure.
So no one is across the street thinking "Hey, I might as well rape the girl in the neighbours house since it's the same punishment as watching it" since if they have this thought in the first place this makes them a sexual predator that would have done it anyway. It's not like they are sitting there all their lives salivating over the watching of child porn, and then just because they hear about a decision that has been handed down in court that equates downloading child porn to actually doing the rape, that their whole mindset will change and they will turn into child rapists. They were potential rapists all along, it's in their mindset, simple as that.
I just can't believe you think watching child porn isn't that bad (And yes by even arguing in favour of the people who do this must disgusting of acts is thinking it's not that bad) don't mind give an awful argument like that. That's just an insult to abused kids and to yourself.
I can't believe you are making that argument in "favour" (and yes it is in favour) of those who download child pornography. The punishment handed down was not too harsh, and in fact those who watch the stuff are as bad as those who make it. By downloading child pornography (like any pornography) you are creating a demand for it that would not be there otherwise, therefore you are creating an industry for it and are in fact partly the reason these kids are having their lives ruined. I'm not saying childern being raped wouldn't happen if people didn't download it just before anyone says it, but it's a problem that needs to be solved one step at a time and Internet downloads and sites is a nice place to start. Plus a fully grown sexual man who has any kind of perversion is very capable of going out and acting upon those as well so don't feel too sorry for this man who probably has a few kids that have there friends over for sleep overs while their pig of a father sits in front of the computer sweating over kids their age. Plus you can't compare it to murder or any other crime. Not all crimes are the same or have the same circumstances, they all have to be weighed and looked upon differently depending on the consequences of the crime, the effect it has on victims etc. Murdering someone in cold blood is a crime that deserves the death penalty (debatable I know), murdering someone who abuses you (like the kids who are being raped so sick pervs can download the stuff) is self defense. Raping a kid, and paying someone to rape that kid is a little bit closer together, so if someone pays another person to kill someone just because they didn't do it themselves does not make them any better then the murderer themselves, and in a way they can be perceived as worse since they propagated the whole situation. Certain crimes are so vile that everyone involved should be punished equally, because if one part of the chain gets broken then that might help end the whole problem. I just think people really need to check their left wing, liberal attitudes at the door here when it comes to this stuff, then again you are probably in favour of abortion which shows you don't really care about babies/kids having their lives torn apart as long as those doing it are happy in their lives.