In fairness, there are other considerations than just what turns pedophiles on.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 20/01/2011 08:35:45 PM
how? why?
Clearly you are no longer a child. It is not the type of body that would appeal to pedophiles, who prey on children.
I don't get it.
Eighteen is the age of legal adulthood in most places, prior to that age there are a good number of restrictions that are primarily intended to protect the children. Making it illegal to distribute pictures or movies of them naked is one of those protections. I suppose they could do something like the laws on tattoos and go "you can pose naked if you've got your parents' permission to do so", but since that would be a nightmare to keep track of, this way is probably better.
And of course on an issue like this there is a strong incentive to use the same age cut-off everywhere, else it'd be undermined rather a lot and international cooperation to track down distributors of child porn would be hampered.
MTV and Child Porn
- 20/01/2011 03:07:20 PM
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I find the idea that a 17-yearold is covered by child porn laws strange
- 20/01/2011 03:44:46 PM
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Age of consent varies state by state, but 18 is he cutoff for other things nationally
- 20/01/2011 05:25:09 PM
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I think 18 is the cut-off for child porn in most places, regardless of the age of consent. *NM*
- 20/01/2011 08:26:30 PM
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- 20/01/2011 08:27:56 PM
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In fairness, there are other considerations than just what turns pedophiles on.
- 20/01/2011 08:35:45 PM
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Why's that an issue?
- 20/01/2011 09:17:53 PM
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The British version aired on BBC America. It has the same scene. Nothing happened. *NM*
- 21/01/2011 01:30:10 AM
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