Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Child porn: Utah's ugly secret

Internet has fueled proliferation of child pornography...

"Thomas" knew he was somewhere he didn't belong.
The lewd images of young boys — pictures that had once sent him scrambling to turn off his computer — now enslaved him for hours every day.
Thomas was addicted to child pornography.

"Thomas" is serving two life sentences at the Utah State Prison for sexually abusing his own 6-year-old son. He says an addiction to child porn eventually led to the abuse. (Chuck Wing, Deseret News)
Chuck Wing, Deseret News
"Thomas" is serving two life sentences at the Utah State Prison for sexually abusing his own 6-year-old son. He says an addiction to child porn eventually led to the abuse.
Three years after downloading his first pornographic image of adolescent males, Thomas, who asked his real name not be used, is serving two life sentences at the Utah State Prison for sexually abusing his own 6-year-old son.
His story is told here not because it is so different but rather all too common.
Officials say child pornography was almost eradicated in the early 1980s. The U.S. Postal Service, working closely with law enforcement, caught child pornographers when they attempted to ship their goods.
Enter the Internet — and a new era in the exploitation of children, nationally and right here in Utah.
In 1995, the state of Utah filed six charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, the state statute under which the possession of child pornography is prosecuted.
Last year, 158 charges were filed.

STOP THE PRESSES....

Look, this isn't going away anytime soon. So it's definitely time for stricter measures.

Guns kill people and should be licensed if not outright banned, and cameras take snapshots of kids being abused so it's high time to license them as well.

It's obvious that many people CANNOT be expected to own a camera without doing something hideous with it, so enough is enough. The time has come to stop acting like kiddie-porn is going away on its own, au contraire, ever since the internet its been GROWING not slowing.

In this day and age, Fathers are abusing their own children.

License cameras.

NOW.

And oh yeah; execute the bastards who do this to kids.

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