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Thought Crime punished by Capticalism.. Ironic no?
15 years ago
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So it seems that FA has to ban cub porn because their donation carrier has dropped them. I'm pretty much neutral to the idea of 'cub porn', I think that anything that remains within the realm of fiction is perfectly fine. I suppose the next step is to arrest Horror movie fans for murder.
It's sad that FA caved in like this, but honestly there wasn't anything they could do about it. our society pretty much forces us to follow the money. I dream of a world like Star Trek where those with the money don't have the power, namely because there is no money. I doubt any of us will live to see it, but we have to continue fighting for it.. if not for us, then for those down the line.
It's sad that FA caved in like this, but honestly there wasn't anything they could do about it. our society pretty much forces us to follow the money. I dream of a world like Star Trek where those with the money don't have the power, namely because there is no money. I doubt any of us will live to see it, but we have to continue fighting for it.. if not for us, then for those down the line.
"YOU'RE PRODUCING CHILD PORNO!"
Really? Does that mean if I accidentally set my glass next to my plate in a suggestive plate I'm a smut peddler? Or hell, what if I set it there to INTENTIONALLY make it look like something lewd?
The whole point of that law is to protect children from being exploited. That's fine. That's admirable, in fact. Children shouldn't be in porno. That is, actual real children. But if no children are actually being harmed, who is the actual victim then? Who is the one who is being exploited? I draw two stick figures, put the word, "baby" on one and imply they're fucking, and somehow, children everywhere are dying?
But that's me. I draw a line between fiction and fantasy. Some people don't.
Oooooh, you mean capitalism. In that case, LOL.
Sometimes businesses have to make concessions to stay in business. If Alertpay found the idea of FA having cub porn objectionable, FA had the choice of either dropping Alertpay or dropping cub porn, and one of those decisions was better for them financially. It's not 'punishing a thought crime', that's absolutely ridiculous, as animated underage porn, though pretty effin' disgusting, is not illegal, and thus there are still venues on the internet in which you'll find it.
Yes, cub porn is inanimate and therefore hurts no one, but it's still disgusting and morally objectionable to the average person, moreso than any horror movie would ever be.
As for putting fictional cub porn under fictional murder, Im not sure how to even measure the two. The frightening fact of the human mind is that it is filled with impulses that are damaging and sometimes purely malicious. In some cases therapy is needed, in more extreme cases drugs need a role. For the adverage person who has milder forms of these impulses they carry them out in fantasy. The number of people excited about death and fear is fairly alarming and yet very normal. Whatever the dark or highly questionable impuse one has, they need to satisfy it in the form of fiction, perhaps in junction with therapy if the impulse is growing is stronger. However the one thing you should *not* do is deny the thought of any Impulse. The mental effort of denying an impulse only strengthens it in ones mind, ultimately leading to the impulse surfacing. A prime example is the child sex scandal in the Catholic church.
I will agree that the enjoyment of darker material is a bad sign, but that part of us will continue to persist in us in many forms according to our experiences. Trying to deny the existance of them only makes them stronger. However in fiction we need to understand that the narratives may not follow real life.. and if someone dosent understand that then we have a *real* problem.