From: Will French <wfrench@interport.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-05-01 10:25:00 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 18:25:00 +0800
From: Will French <wfrench@interport.net>
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 18:25:00 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Lolitas and Cyber Angels
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Mike Duvos wrote:
> Someone who has an encrypted file on their hard drive from
> some motheaten child porn magazine published 20 years ago is
> no more guilty of the exploitation of the models portrayed
> than someone who downloads the Simpson crime scene photos from
> alt.binaries.pictures.tasteless is guilty of killing Nicole
> and Ron.
I disagree. If (quite hypothetically) I were one of the
"models" in such a magazine (I'm 27 now, so I would have been 7
at the time it was published), I would certainly consider anyone
posessing a copy, today or 20 years ago, to be exploiting me.
However, that doesn't mean I would want them criminalized for
it. In fact, my "anyone possessing a copy" above includes the
Government (and third parties such as the Guardian Angels) in
the course of a kiddie-porn investigation/prosecution. It's a
very hard question.
And yes, people who download Simpson crime scene photos are
exploiting (not killing) Nicole and Ron. When I have been shown
these photos, I have quickly averted my eyes. This is simple
human decency, not to mention respect for the dead.
Will French <wfrench@interport.net>
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