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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
But banning literature isnt something that can be done lightly - I would only recomend criminalising the most disgusting filth or very dangerous material.
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By banning child porn, you are working to stop abuse, because consumption of a commodity implicitly condones its production. Sexually abusing children is objectively harmful psychologically if not physically, and child porn is evidence of abuse. As far as considering something dangerous when it does not explicitly harm someone, you are treading down a slippery slope that allows any future government to decide what is acceptable speech. In banning hate literature, you also force this type of thinking underground where it cannot so easily be combated and educated against.