On the Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 09:48:56PM +0100, Peter Keel blubbered:
Hallo.
Yes, the bloody aim does not sanctify the means. If you want to stamp out kiddie porn, you've got to do it with legal and democratic means, you can't just turn to inherently fascist devices like "censorship" (or torture, or coercive detention or data retention or whatever other sick ideas of GESTAPO- or STASI-vintage might crop up) to achieve that. The damage to democracy, the constitutional state and the society at large will be devastating.
And we've fucking seen to where this "culture of prohibition" which is so terribly en vogue nowadays (ban smoking! alcohol misuse! drugs! bullterriers! firearms!) ultimately leads. No thank you, Sir.
How many children will actually be safed from being raped by their daddy/uncle/friend of the family when we have these filters in place?
CU, Venty