Comment Denormalize pedohilia (Score 1) 740
It has already been determined by courts in Canada that possession of childporn is legal when it is drawings or stories - google John Robin Sharp.
According to some sources, 1 in 5 Canadians don't have a problem with pedophilia. There is no "slippery slope"- we can draw the line right here and here it stays. But there is a thin edge of the wedge. Already 1 in 5 Canadians has no problem with pedophilia, and pedophiles everywhere see Sharp as a hero.
We need to "denormalize" pedophilia, and not in the database sense of the word. Being arrested tends to send the message that we don't tolerate this behavior, mental illness or not. I was a little kid 30 years ago. Pedophilia was not under society's radar, everybody knew it was a problem. It was under the radar of activist judges. I hope this bill passes, it may encourage the Canadian Parlaiment to fix our law.