• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    He never directly harmed children as far as we know

    I absolutely loathe the entire apologist view of “They never directly harmed a child, they just had 45tb of pictures of children being harmed”

    Buying/trading CSAM material IS directly harming children, because your activities are actively creating and furthering a demand for children to be molested and raped, Which very much means your hand is actively causing the harm, whether its directly against the child, or every other activity that creates the market that encourages molestation and rape. everyone participating in it is actively and directly harming children.

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      13 minutes ago

      Buying/trading CSAM material IS directly harming children, because your activities are actively creating and furthering a demand for children to be molested and raped,

      i get your argument, but who says they paid for it?

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      3 hours ago

      I don’t disagree.

      I was merely stating it as a fact of the case in why he, potentially, only received a light fine and no jail time. That’s on the Japanese court system.

      The American system is nearly as bad so long as you are wealthy and/or have political power.

      Because yes, everyone involved, both directly and indirectly, create the climate in which exploitation thrives.