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		guard-of-terra on Sept 9, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rick Falkvinge: Why free speech is harmed by the b... Okay, but then why criminalize shots for which it can be proven that no child were harmed along the way? Talking mostly about children filming themself and the like.

jwatte on Sept 9, 2012 [–]

In the US (and Sweden) it's apparently illegal to possess /drawings/ of child porn. No child harm needed, only the potential for impure thoughts.

Fundamentalists of any kind trying to impose thought crime is the real problem here. Fix that, and the rest will follow.

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