Quote Originally Posted by Maeni View Post
This is irrelevant. There is no such thing, even if it does send a negative message, or objectify children, as you say, none of this happens from a picture. Much like a person doesn't go out and shoot people just because he's played Grand Theft Auto. It may send out "negative messages" and make it seem like killing people is fine - But when people actually do that, you really can't blame the game. Same thing here.

You even said it yourself;


Herb derb. Arguing for the sake of nothing at all.
Your missing the point completely...

Okay, lets put my example in a different context. Obviously, at the end of the day people make up their own minds about different choices they may have in life. But a HUGE contributing factor to the choices we make are external influences, for example, i'm more likely to buy new product if its had a large number of positive reviews than none at all. Though we make up our own minds at the end of the day, a lot of our choices are heavily influenced by external factors.

Does it not seem like a logical precaution to try and get rid of such influences and try to prevent it affecting peoples judgment, opinions and decision-making on say topics such as pedophilia? Such influences may be as simple as a picture with a reference to pedophilia, it may not be as extreme as say child pornography but its better to be safe than sorry.

Yes, you took it to the extreme by saying that the picture promotes the rape of children because you say it as though its a direct cause of rape when really it could be more of an indirect cause as it has the potential to influence people in a negative way and send the wrong messages.

And just for the record, I never stated that these pictures were a direct cause of pedophilia or rape and your grand theft auto example was like putting words in my mouth. Such influences are indirect on the most part and can influence the way people think or view the world around them. But killing is a completely extreme example because at the end of the day it is a far worse crime that is not socially acceptable and if committed will bring far worse consequences also. People being aware of this fact is likely to influence them positively into preventing them from committing such a crime. Killing is not the same as pedophilia or the rape of a child, they are completely different and i think you know that...