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Jailed for watching elf and pixie porn.

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  • #62
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,707 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
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    Prodigious wrote: »
    Are you insinuating that people who are not paedophiles draw the sexually explicit pictures of children? Doesn't make much sense..

    Yep. Believe it or not, some people have fetishes for cartoon porn but have no attraction to children.

    Some people have sexual fetishes for people dressed up in furry costumes but no attraction to actual animals.

    It's a funny world we live in.


  • #63
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    Fromthetrees wrote: »
    Link.

    The guy does seem have a very wrong and dark side to him sexually but I don't agree with convicting someone in this way, "the justifications for punishment are likely to be worries about the tendency of the images to promote harm to real people in the future".

    If he's a paedophile then he should be castrated but locking people up for having pictures of fantasy creatures having sex on the basis that it 'may' lead to an actual crime in the future seems like a strange way to bring the law.

    If the video is depicting drawings of actual children I think the conviction would be correct but from my reading of the article it seems they're mainstream Japanese drawings of non humans.

    Thoughts?

    Bizarrely, you can find normal elf and pixie porn....even stuff with Santa!


  • #64
    cournioni
    Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 12,742 Mod ✭✭✭✭cournioni


    Does this mean that they'll lock up everybody that has read Fifty Shades of Grey?


  • #65
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Just another example of 'elf and safety gone mad


  • #66
    Prodigious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭Prodigious


    cournioni wrote: »
    Does this mean that they'll lock up everybody that has read Fifty Shades of Grey?

    I haven't read it, but I highly doubt it depicts or describes children participating in sex.


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  • #67
    o1s1n
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    Prodigious wrote: »
    I haven't read it, but I highly doubt it depicts or describes children participating in sex.

    How about Lolita?


  • #68
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Wasn't animé porn actually joked about on The Big Bang Theory. Kind of nuts that on one hand it's mainstream enough to joke about on an extremely popular PG sitcom but still grounds for gaoling someone.


  • #69
    Prodigious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭Prodigious


    o1s1n wrote: »
    How about Lolita?

    It is literature, not pornography.
    humbert wrote: »
    Wasn't animé porn actually joked about on The Big Bang Theory. Kind of nuts that on one hand it's mainstream enough to joke about on an extremely popular PG sitcom but still grounds for gaoling someone.

    Anime porn =/= Drawn child porn


  • #70
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,067 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Prodigious wrote: »
    As above, it sexualises children and quite possibly increases the chances of a paedophile acting on his/her urges.

    I've watched plenty of porn with very sexualised redheaded lasses - doesn't seem to have increased my chances of enacting any fantasies :(


  • #71
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Prodigious wrote: »
    Anime porn =/= Drawn child porn
    Why not? Animé characters are certainly human and certainly not adults.


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  • #72
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    starviewadams wrote: »
    Because it normalises the idea of sexually exploiting children,even in animated form.

    citation needed


  • #73
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,075 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    humbert wrote: »
    Why not? Animé characters are certainly human and certainly not adults.

    Hmm, not true. Hentai is actually meant to be depicting adults even if most look quite young, lolicon is a different section of hentai which is for depicting prepubescents. Understandable how most people would just see hentai as non-adults though, but there's difference genres within hentai.

    Japanese have some weird stuff, I mean possession of actual child porn is still legal there afaik, I think production is the illegal part, and I think it's only hardcore production, whereas softcore stuff is still legal there. However, afaik, the incidence of sexual abuse to minors is actually quite low in Japan and has been decreasing since this stuff was introduced, although might be wrong on that.


  • #74
    Seachmall
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    Prodigious wrote: »
    It is literature, not pornography.

    It's art depicting children engaged in sexual acts.

    I don't see how whether it's drawn or written is relevant.


  • #75
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    also, has anyone mentioned "thought crime" yet? I haven't read the whole thing....


  • #76
    humbert
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    titan18 wrote: »
    Hmm, not true. Hentai is actually meant to be depicting adults even if most look quite young, lolicon is a different section of hentai which is for depicting prepubescents. Understandable how most people would just see hentai as non-adults though, but there's difference genres within hentai.

    Japanese have some weird stuff, I mean possession of actual child porn is still legal there afaik, I think production is the illegal part.
    I've a suspicion that the classification of child porn and the fact that these young hentai characters represent adults is in some way related!


  • #77
    humbert
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    humbert wrote: »
    He might have been looking at elves but he was thinking about children. Those thoughts he was probably having were wrong thoughts, very wrong thoughts and people who might be thinking stuff like that ought to be locked up!
    bodice ripper wrote: »
    also, has anyone mentioned "thought crime" yet? I haven't read the whole thing....
    I did but I was sarcastic and not everyone had their detectors on.


  • #78
    o1s1n
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    Prodigious wrote: »
    It is literature, not pornography.

    Yep, because this below passage could not be considered erotic to a paedo. Oh wait, maybe it could...


    Sometimes…while Lolita would be haphazardly preparing her homework, sucking a pencil, lolling sideways in an easy chair with both legs over its arm, I would shed all my pedagogic restraint, dismiss all our quarrels, forget all my masculine pride–and literally crawl on my knees to your chair, my Lolita! You would give me one look—one furry grey question mark of a look: “Oh no, not again” (incredulity, exasperation); for you never deigned to believe that I could, without any specific designs, ever crave to bury my face in your plaid skirt, my darling! The fragility of those bare arms of yours, a folded colt, and take your head between my unworthy hands, and pull the temple-skin back on both sides, and kiss your chinesed eyes, and—”Pulease, leave me alone, will you,” you would say, “for Christ’s sake leave me alone….

    Artistic expression is just that, whether it's under the umbrella of 'literature' or base, tasteless humour/porn, it shouldn't be censored - unless there's someone actually getting hurt at the other side of it (ie - real child porn)


  • #79
    ResearchWill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ResearchWill


    In Ireland this is covered by the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998,

    Section 2 defines Child Pornography as


    “child pornography” means—

    (a) any visual representation—

    (i) that shows or, in the case of a document, relates to a person who is or is depicted as being a child and who is engaged in or is depicted as being engaged in explicit sexual activity,

    (ii) that shows or, in the case of a document, relates to a person who is or is depicted as being a child and who is or is depicted as witnessing any such activity by any person or persons, or

    (iii) whose dominant characteristic is the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of the genital or anal region of a child,

    (b) any audio representation of a person who is or is represented as being a child and who is engaged in or is represented as being engaged in explicit sexual activity,

    (c) any visual or audio representation that advocates, encourages or counsels any sexual activity with children which is an offence under any enactment, or

    (d) any visual representation or description of, or information relating to, a child that indicates or implies that the child is available to be used for the purpose of sexual exploitation within the meaning of section 3 ,

    irrespective of how or through what medium the representation, description or information has been produced, transmitted or conveyed and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, includes any representation, description or information produced by or from computer-graphics or by any other electronic or mechanical means but does not include—

    (I) any book or periodical publication which has been examined by the Censorship of Publications Board and in respect of which a prohibition order under the Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929 to 1967, is not for the time being in force,

    (II) any film in respect of which a general certificate or a limited certificate under the Censorship of Films Acts, 1923 to 1992, is in force, or

    (III) any video work in respect of which a supply certificate under the Video Recordings Acts, 1989 and 1992, is in force;


  • #80
    Make It Happen 968
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭Make It Happen 968


    Cant see what law was broken, meanwhile some paedo somewhere is grooming young boys/girls online


  • #81
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,075 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    Make It Happen 968 wrote: »
    Cant see what law was broken, meanwhile some paedo somewhere is grooming young boys/girls online

    There are laws in place in some countries that make it illegal. Victimless crime, but doesn't stop people thinking they can place their moral code unto others.


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  • #82
    Seachmall
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    ResearchWill wrote: »
    (i) that shows or, in the case of a document, relates to a person who is or is depicted as being a child and who is engaged in or is depicted as being engaged in explicit sexual activity,

    Does this mean a 20 year old pretending to be a 15 year old in a porno is considered child pornography?


  • #83
    o1s1n
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    ResearchWill wrote: »
    (b) any audio representation of a person who is or is represented as being a child and who is engaged in or is represented as being engaged in explicit sexual activity,;

    Simulated audio child porn. Because deaf people need pretend child porn too.


  • #84
    o1s1n
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    Seachmall wrote: »
    Does this mean a 20 year old pretending to be a 15 year old in a porno is considered child pornography?

    It does indeed. All those videos you have of that 20 year old dressed up as a schoolgirl? Yep, child porn. You're going to prison.


  • #85
    humbert
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    Simulated audio child porn. Because deaf people need pretend child porn too.
    Actually, I think that would definitely make Lolita illegal (as an audio book).

    EDIT: Didn't read article (I).


  • #86
    ResearchWill
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    Seachmall wrote: »
    Does this mean a 20 year old pretending to be a 15 year old in a porno is considered child pornography?

    Yes, but I don't think there has been any case on it yet. Of course if the film has a classification then it is covered by the exception.


  • #87
    DyldeBrill
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    I love elf porn


  • #88
    titan18
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    I have a book, Warlock by Wilbur Smith. It's set in Ancient Egypt so 14 would be normal to get married back then in stuff, but there's quite a few sex scenes in it. Bought it in Dunnes Stores too so kinda funny that they'd be selling something that could be classed as child porn under Irish law.


  • #89
    ResearchWill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ResearchWill


    titan18 wrote: »
    I have a book, Warlock by Wilbur Smith. It's set in Ancient Egypt so 14 would be normal to get married back then in stuff, but there's quite a few sex scenes in it. Bought it in Dunnes Stores too so kinda funny that they'd be selling something that could be classed as child porn under Irish law.

    Covered by the exception as I set out above,

    (I) any book or periodical publication which has been examined by the Censorship of Publications Board and in respect of which a prohibition order under the Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929 to 1967, is not for the time being in force,


  • #90
    bodice ripper
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    So, how many of us would be going to jail based on this charge, can I get a show of hands....?



    maybe not a show of hands, actually.


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  • #91
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    They can have my pixie porn when they pry it from my cold, dead, sticky hands!!! :mad:


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