I'm with rightkindofme.
I think it is extremely, extremely important that we maintain the distinction between images that are art/imaginary/fantasy/illusion and images that are documentation of an actual crime, in which the makers and even the most distant users are accomplices to that offense. This is, to my thinking, why child pornography should be illegal - because viewing it is enabling it.
But I feel very strongly that we should not give the state the power to legislate our fantasy lives. The world is full of product and political advertisements and films and tv shows that I find extremely offensive to my personal sensibilities and that I believe have the potential to negatively affect the development of my (future) children. But it will never be my place to decide what other consenting adults can do together with their own bodies, or how they present and distribute documentation of that activity to other consenting adults.
I think it is extremely, extremely important that we maintain the distinction between images that are art/imaginary/fantasy/illusion and images that are documentation of an actual crime, in which the makers and even the most distant users are accomplices to that offense. This is, to my thinking, why child pornography should be illegal - because viewing it is enabling it.
But I feel very strongly that we should not give the state the power to legislate our fantasy lives. The world is full of product and political advertisements and films and tv shows that I find extremely offensive to my personal sensibilities and that I believe have the potential to negatively affect the development of my (future) children. But it will never be my place to decide what other consenting adults can do together with their own bodies, or how they present and distribute documentation of that activity to other consenting adults.