Child Pornography

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Child Pornography

So how important is sex, in general, to this country and the whole world for that matter? Here is a very easy, simple test. Do a search on google.com with the keyword sex. The results will give back over sixty-two million sites. This is a staggering number, especially when you do a search with the keywords family, love and education and see that you come convincingly short of the results you get in the former.

Pornography has been the leading player in exhibiting sexual behavior to those who care for such things. In fact, Pornography has become an $8 billion a year industry. However, like every industry, ethical and moral questions and situations come up. Although there are many in dealing with pornography, we will explore the area of Child Pornography.

Child Pornography, as stated in section 18 of the United States Constitution, defines child pornography as generally “any visual depiction involving the use of a minor in sexually explicit conduct.” Sexually explicit conduct is defined as “actual or simulated” sexual intercourse, which includes genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or anal-anal, “whether between persons of the same or opposite sex.” Sexually explicit conduct also entails the crucial “lascivious exhibition of genitals or pubic area,” which will be explored in more detail in the case study. Finally, section 18 depicts the transportation of such conduct through the use of computers. Basically, digital cameras, scanners, video capture cards etc. are all used to convert any image or such to the desired and needed format to easily store or transport child pornography.

So why should child pornography be a matter of discussion at all. First of ...

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...ave to be willing to protect all people. Everybody counts. Really, the future of a society is greatly at stake when the generations that are to keep the society prosperous are not being protected fairly by their justice system. Therefore, option one, which is ultimately the decision taken by the Supreme Court in US vs. Knox, is the most ethical and stands as the right decision.

Child Pornography is a very serious manner that can have detrimental effects upon the children of today and upon the integrity of our societal values and morals. This is why the US Constitution extends the law as much as possible to protect all children from this terror that unfortunately exists in our world. The Decision in United States v. Knox was just another measure to ensure full protection for all children from those who have the intention of being inductors of Child Pornography.

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