UPDATE Man Faces Minimum 1 Year in Prison for Bringing Manga to Canada On His Laptop

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o_O.Q said:

sapphi_snake said:

Torillian said:

sapphi_snake said:
I'm curious though, what kind of person actually reads such material, if not a paedophile.

Well that depends what it was since all we know is that some guy at a customs office considered it child pornograpy, could just be some high school manga with a few risque scenes or it could be full on loli hentai.  If it's the second than yes he's a paedophile, but if he doesn't act out on his desires I see no reason he should be punushed for thinking whatever he wants long as the material wasn't made by exploiting children (which it wasn't) then the law shouldn't have a say.

But if it really was lolicon then shouldn't he be forced to at least see a psychiatrist. I mean, today he reads a lolicon mag, tomorrow he rapes a pre-schooler. It's not as if porn prevents people from commiting such crimes.

i watched a movie last night where the protagonist cursed randomly, had sex with hookers and shot people and funny enough when i went out today i was still able to act civil are you saying all violent or sexually suggestive material must be banned?

Probably because, unlike a paedophile, you are not insane. You gotta understand, I never said such material turns someone into a paedophile, I said the person who would view such material is a paedophile, and needs help before he ends up hurting a child. The kew is to prevent crime. If a person had violent outbursts would that person not be made to take anger management classes? If a person manifested alarming racist ideeas, would that person not be made to take sensitivity training? Most of all, a paedophile is a mentally ill person, therefore they do not think logically, and cannot be treated as rational-thinking persons.