Going to jail for Simpsons porn
No, not me. A middle school teacher in Meridian (Idaho?) has been pleat guilty to possessing “visual representations of child sex abuse”. From details I can find (which are few) the teacher possessed some 70+ images of naughty cartoon images on his computer, most of which where of the Simpsons, and other youthful cartoon characters. An investigation began when it was discovered he was sharing these on peer to peer networks.
Now as I looked around it was stated that he had cleaning programs that deleted child porn on his computer and was actually being investigated for possession of child porn. What the reports do though is fuzz the line on actual child porn (which he should go to jail for) and cartoon porn he had downloaded. So I still don’t know if he really had illegal images on his computer.
Anyway, the guy had to resign his job and could be fined $250,000 and go to prison for 10 YEARS! For having naughty cartoons on his computer! Frig, I travel to toon smut sites and I’ve seen lots of dirty Simpsons ads for other smut sites. Right there for everyone to see! I also found out that a few years a go Hustler printed a picture of Lisa giving oral sex (I have to confirm that though).
The whole things sounds fishy to me. Thoughts?
Play Asia
October 19th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Awful. Simply awful. The very idea that somebody could get found guilty of the possession of erotic artwork alone is nothing less than appalling (and pretty medieval too methinks). Here in Sweden too man – a manga translator – was recently found guilty of possession of “child pornography” just because he had some lolicon manga pages on his hard drive. Perhaps the influence of moralist Christian groups is spreading…
Personally I think erotic artwork should be protected by the freedom of speech. Getting sent to jail because of some lines on a paper is just plain silly. Personally I wouldn’t mind going to jail for the drawings I’ve made through the years. I’d at least have my dignity.
Those are my thoughts. 😉
October 20th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
There is a fine line between ‘child-porn’ and ‘not child-porn’. People have been arrested for taking photos of their kids playing in the bathtub. If its just nudity that can get you jailed, then shit, we’re all in trouble.
October 22nd, 2010 at 7:59 am
Yeah, I’ve heard about something similar happening not too long ago here in the states. The ‘child porn’ in question was not actual children, but art the person had drawn of some loli characters. This is bogus!!
I agree that child molesters and people that have actual child porn should go to jail, but to be busted because you have artwork of a FICTIONAL loli character is just wrong. I would like to point out an example:
In the anime Please Teacher there is a girl in high school, that because of a rare medical condition, looks like a middle schooler. She is actually 21. So if a person were to have sexual images of her, any person who had not seen the anime (which is everyone who complains about this stuff) would say ‘he has child porn!’. When actually it is totally legal.
Now, I realize this is not always the case. I realize that there are images of characters that are under the legal limit. I am not a fan personally, but it doesn’t bother me because they are FICTIONAL!! Sheesh!!
*Ahem* That’s my rant for the day. Thanks for coming!
November 7th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
That’s pretty lame. To make cartoon porno illegal. It sounds fishy, like someone just wants to make a stink.
November 11th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I think that’s usually the case. I’m sure people look at it as “gateway porn” to other things. bah I say!