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Old 07-07-2008, 10:32 AM   #1
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LJ doesn't have proof that Drax is a pedophile. He has proof that we think he's a pedophile.
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Old 07-07-2008, 11:07 AM   #2
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LJ doesn't have proof that Drax is a pedophile. He has proof that we think he's a pedophile.
'tchyeah. That's what I'm talking about. If you read the decision,
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The statute subjects to criminal punishment any person who “knowingly … advertises, promotes, distributes, or solicits … any material or purported material in a manner that reflects the belief, or that is intended to cause another to believe, that the material or purported material is, or contains - (i) an obscene visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or (ii) a visual depiction of an actual minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.” 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(3)(B)
you'll see that there doesn't need to be any actual child pornography. A person is subject to criminal prosecution merely by "causing another to believe" that such material exists.

So, the remarks made by lumberjim are a very serious allegation, indeed, they amount to a criminal accusation. This is practically indistinguishable from what I've read about witch trials.
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