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In reply to the discussion: Liberals and violent porn and rape simulation [View all]KitSileya
(4,035 posts)They harp on it being consenting and fiction, when they damn well know that much of it isn't, and that even what is consensual, cannot be verified as being consensual. They don't care about the consequences, not about the ones who are in rape porn, nor about the consequences for those who watch it.
Let me spell it out with an analogy. They are like someone who sends an envelope with white powder in it to an elected official. They will get in trouble whether the powder is flour or anthrax, because it causes a lot of measures to be taken. The rape apologists on this thread, however, are howling about their right to send envelopes of white powder, and how it is free speech, and what about if they write it is flour on the flap of the envelope - completely disregarding the agony of the person opening the envelope, which may in some cases cause panic attacks, hospitalization, or even death, as well as the money spent on procedures to contain white powder in envelopes. Because, goshdarnit! They get off on sending envelopes full of white powder, and it is their right to do so!
The same with rape porn. The police doesn't know whether the porn is really rape or not, so they have to act. The lawmakers don't have the guts to ban porn entirely, but they will at least make it illegal to be in possession of rape porn where one of the participants seem to be raped, or injured, or where they abuse animals and corpses. In that way they will make it at least a bit more risky to possess such porn, and that will be a further disincentive to make it and distribute it. The consumers of such porn CANNOT know whether the rape porn was produced without actual rape, unless they were actually present in the room when it was filmed. Unless they actually witness the consent being given, without duress of any kind - it being filmed doesn't count, as anyone can stand out of camera angle with a gun - they cannot know it is consensual. And I agree with the British lawmakers that anyone who doesn't give a flying f&%/ whether the person they are watching - man or woman - is being raped, deserves a prison sentence.