[andyt]

The church is not a state institution, so he should get the same punishment as any other citizen. Up to the church for any other consequences. I do want more severe punishments for members of the justice system tho, since they've betrayed the public trust.

[GreenTiger]

andyt andyt:

OK. But you're surely not proposing to not go after the suppliers? You'll never eliminate the demand - pedophilia seems to be built into the human population. All you can do is go after everybody involved.

Isn't there some way to censor the internet about this? Or just have govt computers monitor the net and look for these sites and block acccess?

The problem Andy is that the internet gives a whole host of ways to access a lot of data from all over the planet which is the strength of the internet for a lot of things unfortunately it also can distribute a lot of things to the sick and twisted.

[andyt]

I know. But the Chinese censor their net, we could do the same for child porn. I know it's a slippery slope, but from what I hear the current iteration of the net is doomed anyway, and the next one will be much more heavily govt controlled.

[GreenTiger]

andyt andyt:

I know. But the Chinese censor their net, we could do the same for child porn. I know it's a slippery slope, but from what I hear the current iteration of the net is doomed anyway, and the next one will be much more heavily govt controlled.

In a number of ways I agree. There needs to be something to keep the sick and twisted from the internet as there is a lot of it that most of us don't want to see. It is a pretty fine line between filtering out the filth and suppressing legitimate information though.

[Gunnair]

andyt andyt:

I know. But the Chinese censor their net, we could do the same for child porn. I know it's a slippery slope, but from what I hear the current iteration of the net is doomed anyway, and the next one will be much more heavily govt controlled.

I'd be curious if they could look at imposing some significant fines on the service providers that allow these sites to be hosted.

[Yogi]

Gunnair Gunnair:

andyt andyt:

I know. But the Chinese censor their net, we could do the same for child porn. I know it's a slippery slope, but from what I hear the current iteration of the net is doomed anyway, and the next one will be much more heavily govt controlled.

I'd be curious if they could look at imposing some significant fines on the service providers that allow these sites to be hosted.

Nothing less than a complete shut-down!

[Curtman]

Gunnair Gunnair:

andyt andyt:

I know. But the Chinese censor their net, we could do the same for child porn. I know it's a slippery slope, but from what I hear the current iteration of the net is doomed anyway, and the next one will be much more heavily govt controlled.

I'd be curious if they could look at imposing some significant fines on the service providers that allow these sites to be hosted.

What sites? They'll be using P2P networks, especially TOR which hides their identity to some degree. Their providers won't know what they are doing.

[Gunnair]

Curtman Curtman:

Gunnair Gunnair:

andyt andyt:

I know. But the Chinese censor their net, we could do the same for child porn. I know it's a slippery slope, but from what I hear the current iteration of the net is doomed anyway, and the next one will be much more heavily govt controlled.

I'd be curious if they could look at imposing some significant fines on the service providers that allow these sites to be hosted.

What sites? They'll be using P2P networks, especially TOR which hides their identity to some degree. Their providers won't know what they are doing.

Maybe they should.

[Curtman]

Gunnair Gunnair:

Curtman Curtman:

What sites? They'll be using P2P networks, especially TOR which hides their identity to some degree. Their providers won't know what they are doing.

Maybe they should.

Maybe they should what, make encryption illegal? The service provider has no idea if you are sending encrypted banking information or kiddie porn.