Yeah, this is pretty crazy. First of all...
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Originally Posted by sbscout
"perversion," to me, means something that is unacceptable, either morally, socially, or legally. To say, therefore, that pedophilia - which is by your definition a perversion - is not illegal is, IMHO, a matter open to discussion. (This seems to be supported by your source's definition of the term perversion - "to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right.")
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Your definition is correct, though it can have varying levels based on context and social stigmas. But making IMAGINATION a crime, no matter WHAT the topic, is horrible. I'm staunchly anti-pedophilic molestation, to include any physical contact with a real human child or ownership of any real life images taken of underage children in a sexual fashion. But see, this is also part of human nature... an adults desire to protect their children versus a males desire to procreate, and frankly, nature has not caught up to human social issues. A hundred years ago, 14 year olds were married off. Nowadays that's considered "perverted" because our morals have changed. I bet at LEAST half the guys on this board have looked at a 15-year old girl and thought "damn she's nice on the eyes". Don't think you have? I bet you just didn't even know she was 15... it's hard to tell these days!
At any rate, that's beside the point... this is a drawing. Artists need no real life inspiration for their art. At least not all the time. What if drawing pictures of the president in a bad light becomes illegal? Okay, so shittalking the prez is not illegal, so let's say... a cartoon about the president being killed? Should that be illegal? It's certianly illegal to ACTUALLY kill the president. There are movies with that topic... they aren't illegal. In fact, there are movies that give notion of underage debauchery, such as:
Lola (1961)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0055093/ - About an American Soldier and a 14-year old French Girl. Should I go to prison for 20 years if I rent this movie?
Kids (1995)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0113540/ - Puts "underage" kids into sexual situations. Should I go to prison for 20 years if I rent THIS movie? If you haven't seen it, it's quite disturbing. But alas, it is not illegal to own, buy, rent, et cetera.
Kinsey (2004)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0362269/ - This is a movie about sexual-pioneer Alfred Kinsey. There is at least ONE scene that I can remember implying that kids may be having sex. Is that implication enough to break the law?
Hopefully, you can all see how ridiculous this law REALLY is and that it should be repealled entirely.