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Originally Posted by iamwhatiseem
Child Molestation and Child pornography is a crime of opportunity, and a "crime of progression"...meaning someone may have an underlying desire or attraction to children but not succumb to temptation because it had yet presented itself.
Sort of like any other item that one may covet - say a big screen TV - if you never see one, or rarely see one the desire to get one is not front and center - however if you see one everywhere you go there is a much higher likelihood that you will fall into the temptation.
Child pornography is against the law because the availability of it can and DOES increase the temptation of a sick mind.
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Yes, but as I said, this line of reasoning can be used on lots of things that are currently legal. I've already mentioned people playing violent video games, but what about sexual bondage?
Bondage is quite possibly one of the most popular sexual fetishes out there. There are thousands of stores, conventions, websites and magazines that cater to this rather large fetish. On these websites, you can find countless images on movies of women bond and gagged, being sexually assaulted "against their will". While in reality these pictures and videos use consenting adults, there is no doubt that they are meant to accurately depict someone getting raped and sexually humiliated.
Rape is, quite obviously, against the law. Yet, people are allowed to indulge in these fantasies to their heart's desire with no one in law enforcement batting an eye.
Using your argument, we could easily say that watching these videos will simply increase the temptation of a sick mind to actually go out and tie a woman up and sexually assault her against her will. Yet, this 'thought crime' does not apply in this case, but does apply in child porn and pictures of consenting adults depicting child porn. Why?