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Originally Posted by cfrizz
Child pornography whether comics or pictures of real children is still illegal. In the case above this guy is a convicted offender. Trying to justify by saying it's just comics doesn't wash. If you get off on watching children get raped, abused whatever, then you deserve what you get if you get caught.
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This is a false equivalence. I don't 'get off' on violence, but I've watched many violent movies and TV shows.
One can appreciate comics and manga for their artistic qualities without being a sex offender.
The American Founding Fathers wrote freedom of speech into the Constitution for a reason. If you start restricting speech, where do you stop?
If no crime was committed in the creation of the work (no persons or animals were harmed or treated cruelly), the consumption of the work should not be a crime, either.