Won't Get Fooled Again

My question is why the hell are they invading people's homes and computers rather than tracking down the people responsible for the websites and the source material? People who are innocent of ill intentions or any crime are stigmatized by this kind of arrest. You don't shake the mantle of "suspected pedophile." Just ask Michael Jackson. Pedophilia is also a tricky thing. Age, background of source material, intentions -- these things blur the line between actions that can be prosecuted by the law and what can only be prosecuted by the Thought Police. What do you do when a copy of the Sears Catalogue or family photos can be used the same way as nefariously conceived pictures of children? Can you arrest someone for looking at a picture and becoming sexually aroused? Should you?

What about those "Barely Legal" stroke books with 18-year old girls who look barely 15? That's not considered pedophilia, is it? That's a "teenage girl" fetish, right? I sure don't know. Unlike the wise-as-Solomon judges of this fair land, I don't know obscenity when I see it. I know what's obscene to me, but I sure as hell can't answer for other people. You know, all those other people with their different brains, value systems, backgrounds, intentions, and experiences.

How come people who use cigarettes are getting reparations from the cigarette manufacturers, but people who look at child porn are being arrested while the makers go largely free? Maybe not the best analogy, but what can you do?

P.S. If you think I'm advocating child pornography, you may want to try learning how to read.