what material? where is the confirmation of the exact type of material it is? from what i've read all we know is that its manga which could range from naruto ( which at times has scenes where naruto transforms into a nakid girl with clouds placed to block certain areas of the body )

...to actual hardcore hentai or whatever ...naruto is a good example even thought there are scenes like the one above the overall theme of the show is not sexual and watching it doesn't mean that you're attracted to little girls or whatever 

Let's take this hypothetical case:

I'm playing Mortal Kombat on my console, when a cop, who was casually passing by, sees me perform a fatality.
He instantly draws his gun, smashes the door down, and while he calls for back up, he violently arrests me and seizes all my console related items to use them as proof in the case.
I'm now facing 5 years to perpetual prison sentence or death penalty because I'm a potential killer / I'm now being sent to a mental institute and will suffer isolation from the "sane world" for a very extended period of time because I can't control myself as my thoughts simply control me and in a very irrational way.

That's some good reasoning, good job.

That's the fucking point of something being FICTIONAL. It's not fucking real and it's not hurting anybody. You can't prevent a crime that was never perpetrated, basing yourself only in useless evidence like entertainment material. You need solid proof that this person had a plan to commit the crimes. Otherwise someone saying bomb would make him/her a terrible terrorist. That's what happens when you let the government take your liberties away. I cannot believe people support such ridiculous things.

for people making comments about canada....it was the US that recently convicted a man of having "simpsons porn"...

neh that was Australia... and we all know how we think about "Australia"..

Everyone who molests a child is in fact not a pedophile. Pedophilia--the public perception at least--involves sexual attraction to undeage children. Molestation does not always involve attraction; therefore they would simply be child molesters. Pedophiles can very much control themselves, otherwise all instances of their... violations would not, and in fact, could not be a crime. Attraction is not an excuse to act on ones urges. The main difference between animated child pornography and that involving real children is that the owner is well aware of damage being done to the real children and chooses to support it anyway. That conscious decision to support the victimization of children is the real crime. Animated child pornogrphy does produce those victims. To date, there is no cure for pedophilia, so simply demanding those caught with animated child pornography "seek help" is a moot point. The only help that can be provided is managing their desires so as not to cause harm to real children. Your approach involves treating them like time bombs just itching to go off.

Returning to the case against this man. Even if he was caught with hardcore zombie loli hentai--we could even throw the charge of necrophilia at him--it does not necessarily mean he is a pedophile. It is possible to be attracted to animated characters exclusively. One can't assume the qualities he finds attractive in animated girls or women automatically translate to real girls and women. Many of those qualities may not even exist in real people, and if they don't he just won't be attracted to them.

Yup, today you play GTA, tomorrow you kill random people on the street.

I get the idea of prevention but as others pointed it's very dangerous when it verges to though-crime. I realise you don't think he should go to jail but that's the logical extension, and it's abusrd. Not only this kind of anal prevention causes more unecessary suffering than it prevents (and less importantly bloats the prisional system and takes people out of the work force), it may actually make people who would never commit a crime into away more dangerous people, both for a sense of injustice and because of the environment of a prision.

Also, you claim paedophiles are "insane" and, furthermore, that anyone being turned on by paedophilic material is a paedophile, but it's not that simple. Please don't take this as to mean I'm ok with it, but it's true that paedophilia is the big taboo of today's society.

Is a rapist not just as "insane" as a paedophile? Is anyone who watches rape-porn insane?

But, more importantly, take a 13 year old girl. If an adult has sex with her, it's paedophilia. Ok. But is it if he just has any sort of attraction to her? According to you, yes it is. Then again, there are plenty of girls around that age that most grown men would actually find attractive, even if most would never ever admit to it, because it's a such a huge taboo. Are all these men secretly insane then?

There are lot's of pretty normal, even natural, reasons someone could like these things to different degrees.

Also, wtf, these guys can actually search your computer just like that?

yea no more free health care, pay to life xD 

Since you seem so concerned about homosexual rights I'm surprised you are so quick to give someone else a ride on that slippery slide when its such an oft used criticism of homosexuality.

Good thing they cannot scan my mind yet...

Id be all kinds of fucked.