Aussies: Your Simpsons toon smut is child pornography featuring "persons".

[JayDee]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/519803...ild-porn-judge/

Um, Wow.

I've never drawn any pictures of Bart, Lisa and Maggie myself and I'm pretty certain I haven't spent any length of time looking at 'em, but since I've written stories of adult simpson characters in NC situations, presumably this would also be a violation of their rights as "persons" or some shit.

[Keith Inc.]

Obviously, this judge decides child porn issues based on the reaction of the viewer. the idea being, i guess, that pedophiles wouldn't BE pedophiles if they never saw people, or anything that might be taken for people, ragging the nasty?

I prefer the view that CHILD porn be judged for its affect, or potential effect, on the child involved. The child thatperforms or poses is a concern. Ink that poses is not. Besides, Bart was eleven in, what, 1987? He's past his majority. Hell, Maggie was two, so she's 23 now. She certainly wears it well...

[shinigamiinochi]

Just think of what could happen if these people focused on REAL children that are being abused and not some drawings. In my state, it's still legal to beat a child with a belt. Somehow I think that's more damaging than Simpsons porn.

[greenwizard]

Why would they focus on real children being abused? That would like make sense...

[sierraviridian]

oh wow. That's rather...I don't even know what the best word is to use for something like that.

[shinigamiinochi]

The the Simpsons are now considered 'Persons' and are subjected to real life rules like child pornography, what will the law do next? Charge Homer with prolonged child abuse?

[sierraviridian]

The the Simpsons are now considered 'Persons' and are subjected to real life rules like child pornography, what will the law do next? Charge Homer with prolonged child abuse?

wow, you're right. I forgot about all of that. Don't forget about all those drunken in public charges and there's also child negelct for the times they left maggie alone with the t.v while they went out...

[mistress of yaoi]

There are alot of problems with these child pornography laws in australia thats for sure. As a yaoi fan i'm in a bit of a mess at the moment, the latest yaoi release from japan anime wise happends to be shota. Under australian law this is kiddie porn.

Now i'm not saying i support child porn but arnt these laws here to protect children? If no child is harmed in the process then whats the harm? I'm not saying i go out there looking for shota or loli porn but theres a different between a cartoon/anime and something filmed live right?

[Shunskitten]

Now i'm not saying i support child porn but arnt these laws here to protect children? If no child is harmed in the process then whats the harm? I'm not saying i go out there looking for shota or loli porn but theres a different between a cartoon/anime and something filmed live right?

right. there is a major difference between anime and real life. for one, anime is just drawn. and for another, real life, thats a completely different story on child abuse.

[nofairytails]

You Aussie's are getting super strict these days. I remember reading that they're trying to pass a law (if they haven't already) forbidding porn with small chested porn stars to be distributed, saying that it too is a type of child pornography.

[Kurahieiritr]

Shaking my head and snorting. Must be a plague of (Hum Smurf's tune) La la lu la la land etc. . . . going on down under in the legislating branch of their government. Anything to control the masses, and tell them what is or is not morally correct and be damned with the fact that it was not meant to be a child's cartoon. Narrow minds who think age 10 is the turn off the cartoons and never look at them again because you are too old is in operation on this one I think.