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Then we can throw a few baby harp seals on the grill and unwind with a little kiddie porn after a long day at the retirement home pushing old people down the stairs.
What manner of vile fiend would seriously suggest we legalize child pornography?
Well, Milton Diamond and his fellow researchers at the University of Hawaii aren't actually suggesting anything. They just say -- rather modestly -- that the idea of legalizing child pornography deserves a look-see.
In a press release, they point out that child abuse and sexual assault decreased in Denmark and Japan after child pornography became widely and legally accessible.
This obviously doesn't take into account the abuse of the children used in making the pornography.
Diamond hastens to add any discussion of legalizing child pornography would not include the use of actual children. Pedophiles would have to content themselves with simulated youngsters.
If they can do that, Diamond says, they might be able to satisfy their perversion and reduce the number of real victims.
Diamond and his researchers base their comments on studies from Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sweden and the United States that link a decrease in rape to an increase in legal pornography.
Their findings are published online today in Springer's journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.
The University of Hawaii researchers point to the Czech Republic, where pornography was banned between 1948 and 1989. After the ban was lifted with the fall of Communism in 1990, pornography (including child pornography) became big business.
During the same period, researchers found, the number of reported cases of child sex abuse dropped at an equally stunning rate.
Believe it or not, not everyone likes the idea of legalizing sexually explicit imagery of children.
The Daily Mail in London reports Chris Cloke, the head of child protection awareness for Britain's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, is one of them.
"This obscene type of material has no part to play in our society," Cloke tells the Daily Mail. "To make it legal would suggest that inappropriate behavior and violence toward children is acceptable. It never is and it would be quite wrong to make it legal."
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12-01-2010 @ 7:38PM
petrina said...we have had enough of the constant enundation of the male (and female) psyche with images of skin. it's bad enough that young teens fall prey but now to even question legalizing such a sick and profane practice is deplorable. Haven't we seen enough in the deterioration of the USA value system when it comes to protecting our yourth. DO we not read scientific studies and psychological journals that impress upon us the importance of safety and emotional boundaries during our formative years. I wonder what Freud and Jung would say?
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12-02-2010 @ 11:06AM
Zena said...Lets get serious this is not the way to go at all! It will only foster more improper desires and ultimately contribute to the further moral breakdown of society. Plus parents will start using their unknowing children for monetary gain. Also we will see rates of both incest and rape go up dramatically, this is a bad idea. Save money and just say no Http://bit.ly/dailysample plus get these freebies.
12-01-2010 @ 8:06PM
Whatisthisworld... said...SICK SICK SICK AND SICK. WHAT THE F&*K WOULD MAKE ANYONE THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. I HAVE A BETTER IDEA ON HOW TO CONTROL THIS SICK PERVERSION AND IT IS THE SAME IDEA OF WHAT YOU DO TO A RABID DOG. PUT THEM DOWN ANYONE WHO THINKS ABUSING CHILDREN IN A SEXUAL WAY IS OK, PUT THEM DOWN LIKE THE RABID DOG THEY ARE.
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12-02-2010 @ 12:30AM
dunkee said...What do you call already "legal" shows on tv that glorify teen pregnancy and sex, movies like superbad, american pie and other sick crap that glorify underage sex, not to mention the sick fad of women having to shave down there so it appears to be a little girls prepubescents genitals, jeeeeeeeeez, the american media and social system has become so double standard it's sick!! Kinda like the weirdos that are covered in more tattoos than a biker and swear that jesus and the saints will love them when they go to heaven when in fact, can you imagine the "messiah" with a mother tattoo on his bicep?...........yep that's how screwed up we become, no wonder the rest of the world thinks we are a joke when we were once respected and feared, oh that i should see the last days of my house and nation, god save us all.
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12-01-2010 @ 8:41PM
can'tbelievethis said...this article does not even deserve to be printed, unreal... up the FBI, undercover, or whatever. but aim to decrease violence by helping serve these people?? yiyiyiyiyi....
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12-01-2010 @ 8:44PM
Sherry said...By making child pornography legal, we are giving our okay to that kind of abuse of children. I cannot believe that "educated" countries like Denmark and Japan would legalize child pornography. So they have given their approval of such practices....I hope this doesn't end up making their children even more preyed upon by these sick people. I cannot believe that their sick behavior would end with just looking at pictures!
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12-02-2010 @ 12:48AM
donna said...hell i didnt even read e article but legalise WHAT!!!!
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12-01-2010 @ 8:53PM
David Sanchez said...What the hell is this world coming too. who the hell comes up with this stupidity to make it legal must be one himself and want to pave the road for his coming out!
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12-01-2010 @ 9:10PM
J Dub said..."Diamond hastens to add any discussion of legalizing child pornography would not include the use of actual children." No children harmed in the making of this sickness and an outlet for pedophiles so they won't go out and hurt REAL children? Obviously, there is something sick in the minds of anyone who would watch child pornography, but if it helps keep kids safe, then I'm all for the discussion of it. Don't be so incredibly close minded that you can't see the benefits.
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12-01-2010 @ 9:23PM
LOL@THIS said...HOW ABOUT WE TAKE A VOTE ON THIS AND WHO EVER VOTES TO LEGALIZE IT WE CHOP THERE HEADS OFF!! SOUNDS GOOD TO ME KIND OF LIKE A TRICK ELECTION LIKE PROP 19
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12-01-2010 @ 9:43PM
Kim said...Definitely a sign of the End Times. I say that anyone involved in the making of the pornography (other than the innocent child victim) and whoever watches it and supports it, should be put to death. That would solve their sick perverted problem. They are a waste of oxygen. It just sickens me that any child should be abused for the sick sexual pleasure of some animal that calls themself human.
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12-01-2010 @ 9:42PM
R.C. said...Um, how about no. If child pornography becomes legal, I'm moving to Mars.
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12-01-2010 @ 10:11PM
Concerned in CT said...Are you kidding me???!!!! Legalize child pornography??? These children are already being exploited and have no say in the matter and now someone thinks a "discussion" to make exploiting them legal is acceptable??!!! I am disgusted that this type of thinking would be voiced never mind be placed in a public forum. Where are our boundaries?
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12-01-2010 @ 10:16PM
j said...simply sick, can't believe this is on a reputable website. Why even consider this? Where is our nation and planet going? Spend less time worrying about being green and spend more being reasonable. Geez, what a shame
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12-01-2010 @ 10:55PM
Cat said...This is disgusting. These perverts are monsters. They have no place in society at all. They ruin lives. This is completely wrong on all levels. I don't think viewing this smut would prevent them from committing these crimes. I believe it would only encourage them to possibly take it to the next level. This is unacceptable and we need to protect our children.
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12-01-2010 @ 10:33PM
R said...I WAS MOLESTED AS A CHILD BY MY STEP-FATHER. WHY THE HELL WOULD AOL EVEN PUT THIS SHIT ON IT'S PAGE. THEY ARE TELLING US TO BE NICE TO OBAMA, CLINTON AND MR. BUSH AND WOULDN'T LET US PUT ANY ANTI COMMENTS ABOUT THEM ON THEIR COMMENT PAGE AND YET THEY PRINT THIS CRAP. I'M JUST ABOUT TO TELL AOL TO GO TO HELL. TO THIS DAY, I CAN'T STAND TO BE AROUNG MY STEP-DAD.
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12-01-2010 @ 11:40PM
Alexis daniel said...who ever thinks this is ok they are really sick, and by saying it's ok to watch child porn is just like sayin that its ok to rape and murder somebody.
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12-01-2010 @ 11:13PM
lisanorvell said...Not NO.. but HELL NO! These sick perverted "researchers" (and the ones at AOL who allowed this to be published) need to go to that erupting Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii and jump in!! *shaking head in disbelief and anger that ANYONE could come up with this*
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12-01-2010 @ 11:21PM
smartvoter said...What is wrong with people? This is so stupid - and WRONG - that it's not even worth spelling out.
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12-01-2010 @ 11:35PM
Jennifer said...These are the times I would like to buy a shot gun and tell people to think things through before they speak or write. This is the time now I would like to do right now. I am a mother of two under the age of 10 and this is not RIGHT. How can we even consider something like that. It is just like handing my children to a porn industry and say HERE YOU GO. I think porn is ok if the people are doing it is OVER the age 18, but under it that age F*CK NO! Child molesters need their peckers chopped off and feed to the chickens.
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