Canada steps on the necks of child porn

[Winnie G]

Police arrest 57 in countrywide child pornography sweep

Police arrest 57 in countrywide child pornography sweep

[InnerGold]

This is great! There are so many children affected by this, you would be appalled.

[Moksha]

Police arrest 57 in countrywide child pornography sweep

With only one more week left till Canadian Breath Day, this is quite a news story.

[Winnie G]

Canadian Breath Day

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[Lbybug]

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http://www.lds.net/forums/taste-cultures/19110-canadian-breath-day.html

[Winnie G]

I was pleased to hear today that JUST OWNING IT is illegal and is thought to own it is to promote IT. These 57 men and one women had there homes and hard drives reviewed and charged with prompting and distributing child porn. A group of small children were placed in to care as well. there another Canada wide warrants out for 72 others!

[Newcomer4831]

Speaking of Chil-Mo's what ever happened to "To Catch a Predator"? It was like Cops, but oh more just.

[Winnie G]

They were most likely sued to many times.

[Hemidakota]

Police arrest 57 in countrywide child pornography sweep

Police arrest 57 in countrywide child pornography sweep

Worthy reading and thanks for the post.

[Fiannan]

Now if these pervs are given stiff sentences for their promotion of this horrific form of exploitation.

[Churchmouse]

Good for Canada.

Today a 14 year old girl was arrested in New Jersey for sending nude pictures of herself over her cell phone. She wanted her boyfriend to see them. So did everyone else. What's wrong with kids today. I teach in an alternative school. You should hear some of the stories.

[LittleWyvern]

Awesome post, but weirdest title ever.

[Jbs2763]

Speaking of Chil-Mo's what ever happened to "To Catch a Predator"? It was like Cops, but oh more just.

they got sued, one of the baby-rapers they caught, who happened to be a cop... saved the taxpayers and the court system alot of time and money by using his service weapon one last time..... and his family sued cause if they didn't catch him he wouldn't have wacked himself...shame all of these silly geese don't follow that example

[Fiannan]

Good for Canada.

Today a 14 year old girl was arrested in New Jersey for sending nude pictures of herself over her cell phone. She wanted her boyfriend to see them. So did everyone else. What's wrong with kids today. I teach in an alternative school. You should hear some of the stories.

Yeh, seems like the cops in Canada have their heads on straight and the cops in the USA have their heads up (self censoring here).

[Dravin]

Yeh, seems like the cops in Canada have their heads on straight and the cops in the USA have their heads up (self censoring here).

To be fair cops don't write the laws they just enforce them. Take it being illegal to send nude pictures of yourself if you are a minor up with the legislators.

Edited March 27, 2009 by Dravin

[InnerGold]

This is part of the problem with child porn. It is not punished like it should be:

source: The Press

Outrage is growing over a failure to jail child-pornography offenders in the wake of a home-detention sentence for a man possessing more than 100 pornographic images of infants as young as 18 months.

The Department of Internal Affairs says fewer than half the nation's convicted child-pornography offenders are being jailed.

It says the low rate of imprisonment in the face of a "plague" of child pornography that is getting "far more violent" and "sicker", and with younger victims, is infuriating.

Internal Affairs deputy secretary Keith Manch yesterday told a conference in Auckland that only 24 of 56 offenders eligible for imprisonment in the past two years were jailed.

The remainder got home detention, fines or community work.

"Home detention is completely inappropriate as a sentence; after all, that is exactly where the offending occurred in the first place and without adequate monitoring it will be virtually impossible to stop them accessing the internet," Manch said.

[Fiannan]

To be fair cops don't write the laws they just enforce them. Take it being illegal to send nude pictures of yourself if you are a minor up with the legislators.

True, I should have been more clear -- the ones who are to blame are the law enforcement officials, not the average cop. They are the ones who can determine intent or not yet sometimes act out of control if given a little power.

Look, people had better be very careful what they want here -- under the laws some on this forum like to say they'd like to nail teens with who take naked pictures of themselves and then, in some cases, send copies to their boy friend or girlfriend you too (at least many of you) could be prosecuted.

Do you have pictures of your underage kids naked? Yes, if the law merely says it's illegal to have a picture of a naked under-18 person then watch out. My advice -- take all these pics and burn them now, lest someone with a grudge reports you.

Also, I know of kids who sent pics to their cousin, asd she sent pics back, and these 7 year olds were only in underwear (no tops). They thought it was cute but hey, maybe they should be hauled in for making and distributing child porn -- can't start too soon after all.

I also know a guy who has naked picks from when he and some friends were 16 and on a nature thing. He is now 21. Technically, if the storm troopers raid his house, he possesses child porn, right? Hey, let's not worry about logic or intent.

Remember, this insanity can devolve into the whole satanic ritual abuse hysteria of the 80s if people let it. Arresting a teen for having a picture of themselves naked, which is technically a violation of the law, is downright insane.

[pam]

Yeh, seems like the cops in Canada have their heads on straight and the cops in the USA have their heads up (self censoring here).

I'm a bit confused. When we talked about this on another thread...you "appeared" appalled that 4 kids in the US were arrested for just the same thing.

[Fiannan]

I'm a bit confused. When we talked about this on another thread...you "appeared" appalled that 4 kids in the US were arrested for just the same thing.

Apples and oranges. There is a HUGE difference between an adult possessing or creating porn featuring little kids for the perverse consumption of some adults. The teens who take pics of themselves to share with a boyfriend or girlfriend and are merely nudes (in a non-erotic context) are not perverts in any sense of the word.

And if we say owning or creating child porn involves owning or showing (in any medium) pictures of persons under the age of 18 (even if YOU are the one featured in the pic and it's in your possession) then I strongly urge people to burn all baby and toddler pics they have which the subject is nude as well as destroying any pictures of themselves that were taken prior to their 18th. birthday since, under the STRICT interpretation of many such laws, you too could be hauled in by the storm troopers for being guilty of violating laws against child porn.

Context is everything!

[WANDERER]

the Canadian thingy is happening here too, good on em...gubbermint wants to censor the national internet to stop people from being able to log onto inappropriate/illegal material...in the pipeline but strongly protested...trial stage is looking pretty dodgy in terms of it's ability to work effectively.

From what I understand the sixteen year old is looking at being charged and this could affect their future employment and college applications. Illegal...okay, I can understand why -as the photos could be exploited .....but it needs to be handled with a little bit more thought considering that the aim is to protect minors. Agree with logic and intent comment.