Comment Re:My god this is a dangerous road to be going dow (Score 1) 790
For the majority it already is!
The problem is much deeper than open or closed by default. Can't have it both ways. Either the internet is an open system or it is not.
It is not a crime to hold an image in the minds eye, neither should it be to hold one on a computer. The crime is in the act that created the image. The image itself is merely evidence of a potential crime and can and should be used in evidence. Potential because the image might be an illusion.
If it is illegal to store an image of child abuse, as it is the UK, but the community is powerless to punish the actual abuser, then we have a real problem. The internet is power in the hands of those that understand it. With power comes RESPONSIBILITY. Nobody can or should carry responsibility for my actions except me.
This is indeed a dangerous road to be going down. For it both threatens and enriches the very lives of our children.
It must be that open and accepting responsibility by default is the only possible way forward.
