[HPFGU-OTChatter] Dan on Broadway (maybe)

[Shaun Hately]

On 20 Feb 2007 at 16:25, Jeremiah LaFleur wrote:

> The Kiddie-porn remark was "toungue-in-cheek" but I went in that
> direction
> because the character's nudity is centered around psycho-sexual
> and
> sexually-repressed violence.

Yes, and that is a factor that is relevant in the laws on these things. But so is whether or not 
the depiction in question has redeeming value.

> Technically, you can have "under-aged" individuals appear nude but
> it is
> situational.

Very much so.
 
> That's where I was going with it...
> 
> (no hard feelings, just putting it out there the way I see it).

None taken, and I didn't any either.

What's concering me though is there's a lot of misinformation about this going round the 
internet at the moment. Statements by people who think any depiction of nudity by a minor is 
child pornography (untrue in most jurisdictions). Statements by people that Daniel Radcliffe is 
above the age of consent in Britain so that makes the images legal (it is true that he is above 
the age of consent, but that has no impact on the legality or illegality of any images - very 
separate laws), for example.

Genuine child pornography - the type that is of legal concern in most jurisdictions - generally 
involves serious exploitation of children and the risk of serious harm to those children. 
Blurring the lines is something that concerns me as someone who was victimised like this in 
my childhood (completely indistinct from the events I mentioned in terms of the film when I 
was 15).

Obviously, with your background, you do understand the different domains, but a lot of 
people don't.

Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought
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