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Originally Posted by thrawn_aj
But how many times do we hear of any children saved from their horrible fate? Or of an actual perpetrator (not merely consumer) being caught or his/her victims being rescued? Are the politicos doing anything at all towards that end? Sure doesn't seem like it - because that's difficult and expensive. It's much easier to make a whole lot of internet-based laws that appear to be tough on such crimes. But are they really thinking of the children? It doesn't seem to be the case. All that seems to be happening is that these crimes are driven underground - out of sight, out of mind . That is not to say that these internet laws are unnecessary - just that one should be very skeptical about what they actually accomplish and not labor under the delusion that they are saving actual children from anything.
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The most effective means of detecting and stopping crimes are prohibited, or prohibitive.
Personal judgment.
I don't keep track of these things so I'll be general.
Some years back you had some wannabe cannibal in Milwaukee, PA. Body parts in the freezer and barrels. That kind of thing. A young (underage?) Asian kid escaped his apartment and ran to a couple of policemen. The cannibal guy told them it was a gay lovers spat. The cops let it go. They didn't want to get involved in something like that.
That army shrink down in Texas, Fort Hood (?). He was acting strange beforehand. But no one wants to get involved. Kills people on the army base.
A law student in the western part of Virginia. He was acting strange beforehand. No one wants to get involved. Shoots a bunch of people on campus.
A guy walks into a church out west and starts shooting people. He was acting strange beforehand. And guess what?
It goes on and on. We're afraid to make
any judgments on people and we tell the press latter "He was a little strange".
We reap what we sow.