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Helsing
Aug 23, 2003

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How is this even a debate? No, a minor should absolutely not be charged with distribution of child pornography if they send out a naked picture of themselves. I can see how there are some pretty uncomfortable and contentious debates that some could could have on how exactly to frame these laws but how could anyone conceivably support giving a teenager a record as a sex offender because they took and distributed a picture of themselves?

Edit -- I guess the place where there might be a gray area is if a minor shares a picture of themselves and another minor. Certainly, though, in cases where its a person taking a picture only of themselves I don't see how it could really be up for argument.

Helsing fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Apr 5, 2016

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Helsing
Aug 23, 2003

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PT6A posted:

That situation is just asinine. There's no way that a minor should be both criminally responsible for a sex crime and legally unable to consent to sex under any circumstances. Those two things can't go together, logically speaking.

If they were really both the same age then it would also seem to assume that the boys have an inherently predatory sexuality whereas girls of the same age are pure and innocent and need to be protected. And this is assuming there was no racial angle here, as there sometimes is with these cases.

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