Mason opened this issue on Jun 26, 2002 ยท 32 posts
KattMan posted Wed, 26 June 2002 at 1:00 PM
A few statements and observations here: in the wording of the bill: "virtually indistinguishable from that of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct." Ok I can kinda give them this, but I still have an issue with it due to the fact that there was no law broiken in the creation of the art. The second observation is that they make a very limited mention of the fact that the bill places the burden of proof on the defendant. THis concerns me for the same reason it concerns them: " since otherwise it is too difficult to prove that an actual child was involved in the production of an electronic image on, say, a seized hard drive." THis essentialy also states the oppisite, that it will be to difficult to prove that it was an actual adult. Next thing you know you will be guilty of child porn for having pictures of a legal 20 year old person because some law enforcement officer can't make the determination between that and a 17 year old. I've said it before and I will say it again. THe burden of proof has to remain with the prosecution. Our government is seriously NOT doing thier job by passing this with such a high vote.