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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I agree with this. I think if it was me in the videos or pictures, I would feel that way.
Just for arguments sake (and slightly OT), couldn't the same be said of viewing videos of other crimes? For example, I recall that video of the man getting his head cut off in Iraq and a lot of people (and some people on this forum even) said they watched it. To me, that is in the boat with the only difference being that we know the guy is dead now. Both things are videos of terrible cirmes and both are at moments that I would consider to be extremely private and shouldn't be open to public viewing. It's one of the reasons that I could never bring myself to watch them. The family must have felt violated just knowing that it was out there.
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this is what i don't understand. how is viewing child pornography a crime (which i do agree with) but viewing snuff films not? how do those gore fetish websites continue to operate openly while an 18 year old kid could be put in jail for posting a video of his 16 year old girlfriend?
it's an ugly double standard when it comes to if what you watch is a criminal offense or not