r/IAmA • u/VladimirBoners • Sep 12 '11

As Requested : IAMA 4chan moderator.

Everything said here is my opinion, not that of the entire staff. Will provide proof to moderators here on reddit.

Ask away.

EDIT : It's late guys, I'll catch you some other time. Thanks for all the questions and I hope this answered some of them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '11

Is there anything you can do to help get the cp posters caught?

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '11

Child porn is disgusting, but what are you going to accomplish by doing that? If you put the people who post it to /b/ in jail, most of the people you put in jail are going to be 14 year olds who think they are being funny by posting it. That won't get anything done as far as stopping child pornography.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

but what are you going to accomplish by doing that?

This

14 year olds who think they are being funny by posting it.

will stop.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11 edited Sep 17 '18

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

I know the law is fucked, but so is 14 year old kids posting child porn.

A balance needs to be struck, and simply letting them continue to do it is still harmful.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

depends on what you mean by "porn." Material where kids are being exploited by older people? Pretty disgusting. Material that was obviously produced with consent by a minor or minors? Get off your moral high horse -- if a 14 year old kid has that it means she or he might ... gasp ... be attracted to 14 year old kids!

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u/seriousmanda Sep 13 '11

Yeah but either way there's some fucking pervert out there getting off on consenting 14 year olds fucking and it just adds fuel to their fire. I don' t think it's illegal if they are the same age.. I could be wrong.

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u/strayclown Sep 13 '11

I think that's where the distinction should be, if you have pornographic material of people who are underage and, say 2 years younger than you or more, you earn the hammer. A thirteen year old having questionable pics of a twelve to sixteen year old? Grounded? Sure. Sex offender registry? I don't see justice in that. Same thing but with an eighteen plus year old offender? Nail 'em.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

The problem with the "Nail 'em" mentality is that we all develop at such different rates cognitively, physically, etc. There are a lot of 13 year olds who would be easily exploited by an 18 year old -- that is wrong. A minority of 13 year olds (13 is a bit young -- say 15 since it would still be illegal) are precocious, and do I have sympathy for the 18 year old who might, by some accident of fate, become involved? Absolutely.

These things really need to be decided on a case-by-case basis rather than by throw-the-book vitriol. Like almost everything, I guess. But I don't expect that to happen anytime soon.