We wouldn't want any horrible censorship monsters freely roaming about the streets to devour innocent victims at will, would we?  It's amazing to see how many of those censorship monsters run off with kids these days, or else exploit children in the name of their own base self-gratification.  And then those censorship monsters call what they've done "Art"...........always a handy excuse for them.  There are other handy excuses for the censorship monsters, too -- such as "doing research" (against the hypocrisy of "evil Republicans", of course).

Bernie Ward

*Ward's indictment, and his claim that he was a researcher rather than an exploiter of children, focused attention on the strict federal law, which considers motive and intent to be irrelevant..........

In court papers, Weinberg had urged Walker to allow him to argue to the jury that Ward had a "First Amendment-protected right to research and comment upon societal mores," which included viewing pornographic images.

No court has recognized such a right, however, and a federal appeals court in Virginia rejected it in a 2000 ruling upholding a journalist's conviction. Justice Department lawyer Steven Grocki said in a filing in Ward's case that the defense asserted by Weinberg "would invite every defendant charged with child pornography crimes to suddenly become a legitimate researcher educating the masses via their blogs."

..........or enlightening the ignorant masses via their "Art" (my addendum).

"No censorship" might make for a catchy slogan.......but take it to its logical conclusion when it comes to matters involving children......and see the absolutely hellish results.

It's interesting to observe how modern social thinking always defines "freedom" in terms of the basement.  Dig down deep: find the lowest level that you can.......plant your flag of fierce ideological battle there........and then self-righteously declare to the world that you're "free": and inform the rest of "them" that they're all nothing but horribly oppressed slaves of archaic societal restriction.  Anyone who points out just how low into the mire you've sunk is a dangerous enemy......because they disturb comfortable delusions.

Poison candy is sweet, and it can be very tasty -- but it still kills in the end.

Regardless of the rest: there shouldn't be one legal rule for Joe the Janitor, and then a different legal rule for Andy the Artiste.  The same rule should apply equally to both of them.  A picture that would get Joe the Janitor into trouble should also get Andy the Artiste into an equal amount of trouble......with NO special exemptions from the same law which applies to everyone else for the sake of 'Andy the Artiste' being a member of a privileged overlord class of.....uh......"intellectuals".  A self-appointed overlord class who regard themselves as being so-o-o-o-o-o-o much smarter than the rest of us culturally illiterate dummies........us rubes who don't have the capacity to truly appreciate the deeper meaning of their bottom-feeding "Art": and who can't possibly grasp the subtler aspects of the situation -- as they, the golden-brained "Artistes", do.

So let's all get to the task of feeding the monster together.  He lives in the basement: and he likes to eat the especially tender flesh of children -- for scientific research / artistic-freedom purposes, of course.  He's a fully liberated monster.......so he's free from any old-fashioned censorial restraint.  Or at least he's working on it.  He's gaining in strength day-by-day, and he's getting closer to rising up out of the cultural basement any time now...........to devour his proud caretakers, as well as the children's bodies that he prefers to feed on.

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