On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Jeffrey A Nimmo wrote:
On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Black Unicorn wrote:
Hearings on the hill over the child pornographer horseman:
"Morphing" seems to be the latest buzzword for putting childrens faces on the bodies of adult models in sexually explicit poses and seems to have attracted enough attention to warrant congressional attention.
Interesting that the media is playing this up as a "net" deal. (As if somehow it were impossible to do without the all powerful and evil internet.
I've heard of this kind of thing before. Individuals have already been sent to jail for doing this, as well as doing and distributing kiddie porn drawings.
I know indirectly of two state supreme courts that have overturned such convictions.
I suspect that since it's already illegal on the state level, that Congress is looking into making it a federal crime to distribute them over state lines via the Internet.
See above. As to federal crime, I believe so.
I'd like to see exactly how they word the proposed prohibitons. What constitutes "child" when the face painted on is pure artistry? Will we see a simple and strict prohibition over modifiying sexually explicit pictures to make them appear to be of younger models (whatever their apparent age may be)? Will we see a subjective test as to what is "child looking" enough?
It only has to give the impression of being under the age of consent in order to be illegal. No real models have to be involved.
Ok, what is "the impression of being under the age of consent" ?
Silliness. All silliness.
That's debatable. However, in this politically correct environment, I wouldn't even give the impression of siding with the pedophiles if I were you.
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