Hard-core pornography distribution is not a victimless
crime. It is degrading to women and children and its secondary
effects of increased crime are destructive of family and community life.
Anyone who uses force or threats to make a woman perform should be
charged with kidnapping, assault, and/or rape. People who for recreation
purchase or view videos of such acts are not true Americans.
Unfortunately, most women who participate in
pornography do so voluntarily.
Pornography is a perversion of the gift of
sexuality. By its nature, it diminishes the humanity of everyone
involved. Those captured by camera images are not treated as human
beings created in the Image of God, worthy of dignity and value. The
viewer’s humanity is also diminished by becoming party to
exploitation. People who view pornography,
especially children, are psychologically and spiritually damaged by the
viewing.
Kevin Craig therefore supports and defends free
market policies that will
eliminate illegal hard-core pornography from the open market. Americans
must work vigorously to protect children from online pornographic
material. Children must be afforded safe access to the world of useful
and appropriate knowledge available through Internet access in public
schools and libraries, while at the same time being adequately protected
from harmful pornography and contact by sexual predators.
While there are good arguments for attempting to protect children
from pornography using the strong-arm of the State, this only adds
violence to the social toxin of pornography. Pornography must be
eliminated using only the powers of
the Free Market.
Government policies to eliminate pornography will be used to censor
other forms of expression. Such laws could be used to ban entire books
of the Bible, like the Song of Solomon.
Music
industry spokesman loves child porn
A music-industry speaker at an American Chamber of Commerce event
in Stockholm waxed enthusiastic about child porn, because it serves as
the perfect excuse for network censorship, and once
you've got a child-porn filter, you can censor anything:
"Child pornography is great," the speaker at the podium
declared enthusiastically. "It is great because politicians
understand child pornography. By playing that card, we can get them
to act, and start blocking sites. And once they have done that, we
can get them to start blocking file sharing sites."
The venue was a seminar organized by the American Chamber of
Commerce in Stockholm on May 27, 2007, under the title "Sweden
-- A Safe Haven for Pirates?". The speaker was Johan Schlüter
from the Danish Anti-Piracy Group, a lobby organization for the
music and film industry associations, like IFPI and others...
"One day we will have a giant filter that we develop in
close cooperation with IFPI and MPA. We continuously monitor the
child porn on the net, to show the politicians that filtering works.
Child porn is an issue they understand," Johan Schlüter said
with a grin, his whole being radiating pride and enthusiasm from the
podium.
IFPI's
child porn strategy