From: jamesd@echeque.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 23:51:03 +0800
To: se7en <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: FCPUNX:Response to 'My War'
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fAt 10:07 PM 6/9/97 -0700, se7en wrote:
> Anyone who thinks this doesn't affect the young children, you are wrong. 
> I doubt these children consented to the sexual activity. I doubt they 
> consented to being photographed. I doubt they consented to the pictures 
> being distributed to others.

Most of these children are adults now.  A great many of them are 
grandmothers.  Yet I see no prosecutions for the distribution of 
images by the supposed victims.

> I am sure this affects the 
> emotional/psychological state of the child victim in many ways beyond 
> what most of us can understand. I think we can all agree that is creates 
> a less-than-optimal psychological state in the children.

Produce a victim and you will find it a lot easier to prosecute.
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