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To: thames_sider who wrote (9377)4/17/2002 12:29:54 PM
From: Poet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21057
 
You might find this interesting, on the connection between child pornography and the sexual abuse of children. it's a speech by an Associate Professor of Law at New York University, published in the Columbia Law Review. She reviews the legal literature. It's a lengthy article, but highlighted:

eon.law.harvard.edu



To: thames_sider who wrote (9377)4/17/2002 2:49:32 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Respond to of 21057
 
Give the perverts some harmless ersatz and at least it might prevent them using real
children...

OTOH, you may heat them to the point where they do use real children. And settling the issue probably won't take more than 50-100 years.

Not that I'm against the court decision. It would be nice if they could rule the other way and not limit free speec, but they can't.