Philly is preparing for a Benjamin Franklin festival. It’s clear what he’d have to say about this
“The role of government is certainly to protect the helpless. But, it must also ensure the liberty of all citizens. When I flew that famous kite, I wasn’t only advancing science. I was learning new and better ways to talk women out of their clothing. Did we throw off the yoke of British tyranny so that our own government could force women to keep their bosoms covered? I say no! I say never! I have life. I demand the liberty to see breasts. I demand to be able to pursue the happiness that comes from looking at breasts. I demand breasts!”
Moved by Ben’s spirit, I have this urge to go start a site RateMyLightningRod. Because, it isn’t enough to speak out in the cause of freedom. One must act. If you would protest this tyranny, if you would preserve our freedoms, then you must stand up and be counted. If you have a love of our country and its liberties in your heart, you must drop your pants and photograph your penis. When those lifeless bureaucrats see an army of bulbous cyclops, they will know that once again the freedom loving people of America have triumphed in defense of that noble dream, the United States Of America.
Since I am unwilling to show you a flourishing US child porn websites, does not make your claim right. Hard to back and claim when Federal, State, local, The Chicago Reader, and the SDMB have rules laws and regulations against it.
You are correct, the regulation does “fuck-all” about such things. They do not stop a company from producing or selling images, just that they document that such images do not violate standing laws. The regulations does not stop showing boobies, anyone can show 10 thousand boobies, if they can document the age of each model in the image.
I fear you may be correct in claiming some fools out there would support a "Cops-can-rape-your-wife Act " I do believe those number of morons to be a very very small group.
I don’t know about kiddie porn websites, but I’ve noticed a disturbing trend on Usenet. Sure you’ve got your “barely legal” teens but I’ve seen other images (sometimes in non-porn groups mind you) that made me use PGP’s file shredder. I just wish they made one for my brain.