# Simpsons cartoon rip-off is child porn **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 8, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-cartoon-rip-off-is-child-porn/476223 "2008-12-08T10:04:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Incref](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-cartoon-rip-off-is-child-porn/476223/1 "2008-12-08T10:04:48Z")
See news article [here](http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/simpsonsstyle-cartoon-is-child-porn/2008/12/08/1228584707575.html?sssdmh=dm16.349871). This seems ridiculous to me. It might be distasteful, and frankly a bit weird, but kiddy porn? C’mon! If you have a look at fansites for any popular cartoon you are going to come across these at one point, Disney, Family Guy, whatever. What about all those Hentai things with school girls? I had a look on Wikipedia and found [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_pornography#Cartoon_pornography_depicting_minors) article regarding the legality of such images . I am rather suprised, this seems like censorship going to extremes to me. What do the rest of you Dopers think about this? Mods: I wasn’t sure if this was Great Debate material or not, please move it as you see fit. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-cartoon-rip-off-is-child-porn/476223/2 "2008-12-08T10:23:03Z")
Rule 34 vs Censorship? I’ll bet on rule 34 any day of the week. I can see the government’s point here, but the material isn’t hurting any real children, which is the law against child pornography’s original intent. Hell, there may be paedophiles who have managed to keep from acting on their desires this long BECAUSE material like this allows them a safe release. I have a feeling this is either going to get overturned in due time or just plain old not enforced. ---
**Author:** ![Incref](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-cartoon-rip-off-is-child-porn/476223/3 "2008-12-08T10:29:16Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I have a feeling this is either going to get overturned in due time or just plain old not enforced. > [@](#): > > In a landmark finding, Justice Michael Adams today **upheld a magistrate’s decision** \*\*convicting a man of possessing child pornography \*\*after the cartoons - depicting characters modelled on Bart, Lisa and Maggie engaging in sex acts - were found on his computer. Sounds like it’s already been through the system twice. ---
**Author:** ![firstname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@firstname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firstname)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-cartoon-rip-off-is-child-porn/476223/4 "2008-12-08T11:01:33Z")
Although i was surprised by this article, it fits in with [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolicon#Australia). Also remember we Australians don’t have a bill of rights and are actually pretty vulnerable to government censorship (see the proposed internet filter). This seems pretty stupid to me though, as surely the intent of child pornography laws are to protect children. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-cartoon-rip-off-is-child-porn/476223/5 "2008-12-08T14:13:32Z")
Ridiculous – they’re all nineteen years old. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-cartoon-rip-off-is-child-porn/476223/6 "2008-12-08T14:14:03Z")
> [@](#): > > But Justice Adams agreed with the magistrate. He found that […] the mere fact that they were not realistic representations of human beings did not mean that they could not be considered people. Meet Bob. Apparently, he’s people. I can’t wait to start claiming him as a dependent on my taxes. > [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Ridiculous – they’re all nineteen years old. Know what? In an utter bullshit case like this, that’s as perfectly good an argument as anything.