Legalization of child pornography?

[Red Celt]

Would those children in these photos want them to be publicly accessible? Wouldn't it hurt the victims in these pictures emotionally to know that people are still jerking off to them?

Sadly, that damage has already been done. With digital media, it isn't a case of burning the negatives. The images are out there - and (for all anyone knows) will remain out there, permanently. All it takes is one paedo with a "library" on their drive.

At no point have I suggested that this would be an "ideal" solution. Far from it. But, if it actually reduced the number of victims...?

As for being "publicly accessible", it might be conceivable that paedos would have to register (with the police, or via a psychologist). That registration would then put them on a black-list when it came to job applications which involve children... only, without the addition of a "sexual crime register". If it came back with a "NO", with no explanation to the potential employer, it would work as a safeguard against such people getting such jobs... but without the addition of a vigilante-style hate-mob looking to remove the person from their neighbourhood (which just results in them being moved to another neighbourhood and doesn't solve anything).

I don't know... either we kill them, castrate them or (if our liberalism doesn't allow that) we do something manageable that will actually work in reducing the number of potential victims. Which is what I suggested.

And, again, I'm no expert on this. If a psychologist (with experience in these matters) were to come along and say that it wouldn't have any benefit... then we're left with execution or castration. When these people are (often) the way they are because they were childhood victims of the same crime... it seems a draconian way of dealing with them.