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Originally Posted by fastom
Isn't this like getting a speeding ticket in your parked car because the speedometer scale goes up to 150 mph ?
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No. It's not like that. It's more like someone wanting to put speedbumps in a road that goes past a school even though the speed limit is only 25 mph. We don't want to take any chances here. In case you haven't noticed or made the connection, there is a tremendous amount of adult content on this site - so we choose to play it safe with the kiddos. What we don't want is for someone to get an itchy trigger finger and launch an investigation. While it would ultimately exonerate our site owner, in the meantime our servers would be confiscated for years. So, we avoid the impression that such a thing is even possible.
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Originally Posted by AngelicVampire
What about wallpaper expressing a feeling about drugs (too many people have these or stickers/patches)... will this become "intent to use drugs"...
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This is also a faulty comparison. Possessing, distributing, and consuming illegal substances are not internet crimes - the Feds don't come knocking on your door because you have pictures of pot leaves on your hard drive. Child pornography is a computer/internet crime, and therein lies the substantial difference.
In any event, it's a moot point now - and Analog's post was worded very pleasantly. No harm done.