England UK

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:40:19 +0100, "Ernest" <david@nospam.co.uk>
wrote:

>> The argument being of course that in order to produce an indecent image
>> of a child, some child somewhere has had to be abused. The greater the
>> demand for such pictures by those prepared to make a market in them for
>> whatever reason therefore is seen as contributive towards such abuse.
>>
>
>Why then is it an offense to possess cartoons of child abuse?

It is not. It is illegal to possess images of photographic quality of
a child under 18 that are considered indecent, whether or not any
child was abused or harmed in the making of the images, and regardless
as to how long ago the image was created.

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Cynic