Kiddie Porn is NOT a victimless crime!

In many ways, I've always believed in the freedom of expression and the freedom to see and experience it, even if some forms may not be morally acceptable.

But what about child pornography?

Is there a difference between seeing an artistic or candid nude of a young girl or boy, and seeing a kid get sodomised?

Either way, that above statement can generate a lot of heat.

Veteran Toronto rawk DJ John Derringer effectively offers his 2-cents on the issue in one of his columns for the Toronto Sun stating that child pornography has its own victims. The porn collector in this case was a doctor who got sentenced to house arrest for amassing a huge collection of images and videos, not of juvenile nudes, but of kids being raped and degraded. (You have to read the rest to figure out this logic.)

It appears that the law is not only going after the producers of such filth, but also any viewers as well. What was really worrisome is that according to one lawyer, even a single click can get you into major shit. So if I were to accidentally click on some link or image and wound up on one of many "underground" child porn sites, my ass would be grass.

But, civil and personal liberties considerations aside, imagine a type of medium that can not only titillate the senses, but can also incite a person to act out his/her darkest desires. Imagine an art form that can, after exposure for a certain length of time, make a person's id bust out with a vengeance without any "subliminal" urging (ie. the 2 kids who created a suicide pact after listening to some Judas Priest records). Imagine getting a person hooked on all the most addictive, illicit pharmaceuticals available for a considerable amount of time that the addict would not only want more of the shit, s/he would go to any lengths to either seize the source or make the substaces himself/herself. Apparently, child pornography can do just that.

You can't believe it? Ask 10-year-old Holly Jones from Toronto.

Ask some Belgian girls.

Ask Courtney Sconce, a 12-year-old from Rancho Cordova, California.

Ask Peter Gagnon's daughter's friends.

Maybe you should just click here instead.

End of lesson.