Child sex doll trial opens Pandora's box of questions about child porn - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News
My opinion? Though I agree that an artificial prepubescent sex doll can qualify as 'child pornography' can can escalate a pedophile's activities over time, I don't necessarily agree that buying one should result in a permannent police record since no child would have yet been hurt by it.
Should the buyer of the child sex doll be fined for it? That might be reasonable as a deterrent. Furthermore, we might want to introduce a law requiring any law or immigration enforcement officer who intercepts such a doll to provide the buyer with information on sex-addiciton therapy that might be locally available, sex-addiction-focused local 12-step groups, and other possible consultation-based, mechanical, and herbal and other chemical remedies that might be available to him including chemical castration; but leave it up to him to decide what to do with that information according to his circumstances. After all, he knows himself best.
Should the purchase of a child-sex doll result in a child-pornography and child-abuse investigation against the buyer? I'm in two minds about that. Since he has not hurt anyone yet, we might be willing to be discreet about it, but it would seem to me that at least his present spouse (if he is married) should have a right to know what he bought and be asked by police if there is any reason to suspect him of child molestation. Of course even a person's spouse won't always know everything about him, but it would be the minimum we should expect for someone who should have bought such a doll.
If he has children or teaches children or works with children, it might be reasonable to at least interview them to ask them if he'd ever abused them in any way without necessarily revealing to them what he'd bought.
Again, since he'd not hurt anyone yet, I think there would be no reason to humiliate him in public for its own sake, but no doubt some kind of reasonable action would be needed as a preventative measure.
Your thoughts on this?
My opinion? Though I agree that an artificial prepubescent sex doll can qualify as 'child pornography' can can escalate a pedophile's activities over time, I don't necessarily agree that buying one should result in a permannent police record since no child would have yet been hurt by it.
Should the buyer of the child sex doll be fined for it? That might be reasonable as a deterrent. Furthermore, we might want to introduce a law requiring any law or immigration enforcement officer who intercepts such a doll to provide the buyer with information on sex-addiciton therapy that might be locally available, sex-addiction-focused local 12-step groups, and other possible consultation-based, mechanical, and herbal and other chemical remedies that might be available to him including chemical castration; but leave it up to him to decide what to do with that information according to his circumstances. After all, he knows himself best.
Should the purchase of a child-sex doll result in a child-pornography and child-abuse investigation against the buyer? I'm in two minds about that. Since he has not hurt anyone yet, we might be willing to be discreet about it, but it would seem to me that at least his present spouse (if he is married) should have a right to know what he bought and be asked by police if there is any reason to suspect him of child molestation. Of course even a person's spouse won't always know everything about him, but it would be the minimum we should expect for someone who should have bought such a doll.
If he has children or teaches children or works with children, it might be reasonable to at least interview them to ask them if he'd ever abused them in any way without necessarily revealing to them what he'd bought.
Again, since he'd not hurt anyone yet, I think there would be no reason to humiliate him in public for its own sake, but no doubt some kind of reasonable action would be needed as a preventative measure.
Your thoughts on this?