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In article <840993449snz@howl.demon.co.uk> JW@howl.demon.co.uk  writes:

> ... quoting ISPA saying that Demon Internet was undermining the
> fight against child pornography. 

> Demon director Clive Feather, "if we could block this stuff...we would".
> He says he does not believe there is any evidence to suggest that 
> pornographic photos of children encourage paedophiles.

If paedophiles were rational, unselfish, social people, I might think 
pornography might not affect them. However, since they appear to be 
unhinged, selfish people who gratify their own desires at the expense 
of others who might reasonably be assumed to be less able to fend for 
themselves, then the probability is that even minor provocation could 
send them off their precarious rails!

> At some point, we have to decide what we are for and against.

What I am FOR, in this instance, is a VERY summary and extremely 
uncomfortable justice for anyone proved to have been involved in this 
unpleasant business. We pussyfoot about with criminals, and make the 
lives of right-thinking and upright citizens a living hell, especially 
if they are so misguided as to become victims!!!

What I am AGAINST is killing the bearer of a bad message! 
We might just as well ban all motor-cars, just because they can be 
used in ram-raids, as to take draconian action against the Internet 
or those who provide services on it. So, leave Clive Feather alone,
unless you have some constructive ideas for stopping the criminals 
using Internet, WITHOUT spoiling it for the rest of us, and without 
depriving Demon and other hard-working service providers, from earning 
an honest crust!

Sorry if this is off-topic, but my fuse got lit!
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Jeremy Browne, Hampshire, UK
jeremy@grazeley.demon.co.uk
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