[pp.int.general] Pirates and Pedophiles

[Reinier Bakels]

> Now, I welcome any debate on the laws and problems involved with trying to 
> "outlaw" pedofelia, but to go into discussion about the reason for old men 
> wanting to fuck young boys etc, is irrelevant, retarded and like spitting 
> against the wind.
> None of us have any clue what so ever about the "real" reasons for 
> pedophilia and science has yet to come up with a biological test, that 
> proves pedophilia to be a disease or just a trick of the mind.

You are right, thanx 4 the warning, PP should avoid by all means to be 
considered/connected to a "pedoparty"- that actually existed once in NL, but 
disappeared very soon again. Still, one can not argue that there is no 
connection: fighting child abuse is easily abused as a blanket argument to 
allow pervasive eavesdropping, giving up privacy. It is an even stronger 
argument than drugs safety, a similar widely abused argument. There are 
ample examples of black lists of child porno websites that actually only are 
adult porno websites. And if the authorities are allowed to "spy" for child 
pornography, why not address (alleged) copyright infringement and file 
sharing at the same time?

That was the reason I thought of some kind of counter-attack: perhaps is 
tough enforcement actually *detrimental* for its very purpose, protection of 
children. But I agree, this should not be a (central) PP message.

reinier