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You're reading Do you think those who download and watch child porn should get more severe punishment than the child molesters who upload and sell them?
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Aren't those who download the reason for the cyber upload and the business to thrive?
by LeMeThink on January 30th, 2007
But we don't have jurisdiction over the ENTIRE EARTH.
by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on January 31st, 2007
downloading for personal use shows criminal intent since it's illegal.
by Jerrykim on October 24th, 2008
First off, Being illegal means that there is a law against it. That is not true everywhere. Some places never bothered to make laws regarding the Internet, or at least not comprehensive enough to address this issue. Either that or they have laws that are more lenient than those of the US.
Second, I believe the answer is correct as many of the uploaders are also the producers/cameramen/actors. The way I read the question was, "Is it worse to look at pictures of naked kids or to actually have sex with them and them make a profit from doing so?", and I feel that the latter is a *far* more serious crime.
Third, you are technically correct that downloading shows criminal intent, but I think that that is more a miswording than anything else. It's the difference between a pot-smoker and a dealer. Which is worse; personal possession or intent to sell?
by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on October 24th, 2008
The question of whether they should get a punishment already establishes the ground that child porn is illegal.
All I said was criminal intent. I never said anything about what's worse. Anonymous said that the reason he thinks possession should not yield a greater punishment is because personal use does not show criminal intent and I proved him wrong.
The original question is a manipulative one itself. It does one of two things, 1) it assumes that all people who sell child porn are child molesters when this is not necessarily the case. In fact, it's hard to say even most people who sell child porn are molesters due to a lack of research having been done. One who downloads child porn to his or her computer and sells it is not actually molesting the child, though he may be ab jure. 2) Or the question might ask us to compare those who download and watch child porn to people who sell child porn AND who are child molesters, independent of the fact that they sell child porn.
Overall it's a trick question.
by Jerrykim on October 24th, 2008
Well, THAT I agree with. I think we also agree that neither is right.
However, I think that it's also something that needs to be taken on a case-by-case basis. That is what jury trials are for as trials involve investigation of the extent of ones guilt.
I believe that criminal intent is present in both cases, but the person who merely downloads it is (in my mind) less criminal than the person who sells it and *far* less criminal than those who produce it.
Of course, if it turns out that the downloader is doing things other than merely downloading.... well, that goes back to investigating and jury trials.
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I don't think it's a trick question per se, merely a poorly articulated one regarding a touchy/tricky issue.
by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on October 24th, 2008