Child porn is linked to terrorism... of course.

This frequently copied story is just sad. Apparently terrorists are all child pornographers! Well, not really, but they claim there is a link between child porn and terrorism. Obviously, that means that the war on terror is actually the war on child porn and they should combine forces.

Now, there is something about the concept of two unrelated things appearing to be related. Kind of like in my sociology class that explained that while you can prove that ice cream sales are linked to rapes, it isn’t the case. Instead, ice cream sales are typically related to higher temperatures, where tempers get frayed and people are wearing skimpier outfits. And that is probably the real link to rape.

But, it hits on the two hot buttons for people. THe fear of terrorism and this completely war on child porn which I think is a joke. The idea of that a 16 year old girl is now registered as a sex offender for taking naked pictures of herself is a joke. (I can’t find my link, but I remember reading about it this year).

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I think it is blind fear behind child pornography.

The great thing about the child pornography thing is that to research it is to violate the law. You can’t prove it. You can’t really prove that the same percentage of pedophiles exist in all societies (in my opinion) and more than you can prove that X% of the Internet is child porn. It’s a great big boogyman and no matter how much you prove it otherwise, people still believe in the Loch Ness monster.

It’s an easy target. You can’t really say “no, I think 13 year olds should have sex” in public. Hell, at this point, saying 17 year old should have sex with who they want would get you burned. But, 18, “oh, that’s okay, they are mature.”

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[quote author=bakerboy link=topic=1001.msg4063#msg4063 date=1235738726] My two bits?

1) Why woud terrorist use the MOST investigated crime insted using something simple and under the radar like “food merchanidising”. Surely they would not be that stupid.

2) Likely this is more related to Moslem custom of marrying their daughters young and communicating about it. After all the age of consent in many of these countries is very low. [/quote]

Yeah, if you are going to hide your “super secret” communication, do it in a group dedicated to talking about a sci-fi war show (Battlestar Galactia, Babylon 5, etc) because you can use certain language without a problem and it is easier to say offline “when I say Cylon online, I really mean stuffed animals” or whatever.