Thread: The War on Child Porn: A witch hunt?

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These prurient, filthy, and overtly pedophilic paintings of boys (which were all painted from models) are also some of the greatest and most influential examples of 17th century Western art. I'm pretty sure that if Caravaggio were to try to pain them today, he'd be prosecuted for pedophilia.

Now don't get me wrong: I am firmly against the sexual abuse of children. However, I can't help but feel that the crusade against pedophilia has really gone too far.

For example, if anyone merely receives an image of, say, a naked child, even without request or consent, the recipient can be convicted of possessing child pornography according to most states' laws.

Likewise, if a teenager takes a pictures of herself/himself and sends it to, say, her or his boyfriend/girlfriend, the recipient can be accused of possessing child pornography, even though they are a child themselves!

A cousin of mine who I am not close to has recently been incarcerated for child pornography. Of course, we thought he was really a pederast, but it turns out that he was probably setup by someone that wanted to do him in. The other party sent him some nude pictures of a child, and that was enough to get him convicted.

So... I dunno. What do all y'all think?