lopus

well, of course, police officers have to look at it..... (with disgust, I hope)

SonOfEpiphany

Wow... That's ever so slightly alarming.

MichaelClayton

He watches it for the articles

migratorypatterns

He's right ... some are child rapists.

That's it .. either a pedophile or child rapist. Those are the only two categories. Both should be in prison.

oldchangling

I often fap to porn I find repulsive. I like the challenge. (Said no one, ever)

Micheal84

If you view it, doesnt mean you create it.

But if you view it, someone needs to create and produce it, otherwise you have nothing to view.

So when you view it, your just part of the problem.

Insandt

Gotta watch out for those wrong buttons!

DeathToMasonsASAP

He would only be correct if he is saying some people click on an adult site not expecting that content to be there with adult content. But you get the feeling he is pulling the same normalizing and playing down that the rest of their diseased society engages in.

dassaer

There is a massive difference between a genuine mistake or click-bait madness in accidently viewing cp online than purposely using search terms and then downloading said images onto ones computer. In nearly every instance of convicted individuals it is the 'downloading, storing/collecting/trading of images' that marks out the intent than a "whoops... wtf".

Judgejewdy

Agreed about “accidental” vs. downloading regarding conviction. That said, nearly half a century on this planet and I’ve never stumbled on CP, accidentally or otherwise.

DeathToMasonsASAP

Let me ask you this, why do you think they market" barely legal", and what is it saying about mens taste? I know this is different than young children, but there is still a nod to guys liking under age girls, but getting away with it because they are young looking but barely lega. Our society is mixed up even in the mainsteam.

dassaer

Yup, sad and true. Like all despicable and morally repugnant things most normal people don't want to have a part of it, yet it still becomes forced upon everyone via the mainstream entertainment and media establishments with shitty celebrities endorsing the crap out of it, minority rights groups crying foul to those who dare disagree and those few already twisted, bent or that otherwise favour that puerile nonsense are given media time to make it seem much more individuals are for it, next thing you know it has become the new 'normal' and most actual normal people are unwilling to make a public stand (especially on their own) for what is actually right....

Norm85

The only people who view child porn without being pedos are police officers who doing so as part of an investigation.

Even then, there is a high chance that anybody that has requested to join such a team is a pedo.

123_456

Confirmed: John Grisham is a pedophile.

Votescam

Quote ... An increasing amount of health professionals have begun to agree with Grisham’s belief that those who view child porn do not deserve such severe jail sentencing, although not for the same reason. Instead, these professionals argue that pedophilia is a sexuality some people are born with and should be controlled rather than punished.

First, this totally ignores the reality that children are being sexually exploited in order to produce child porn. Those who do produce this child pornography are those who need to be concentrated on.

Grisham also seems to be suggesting that the majority of those involved with Child porn viewing get there by accident. While that may be true of a very few males, we still have to question how Comcast and Verizon are so little successful at keeping child pornography off of the internet where actually those firms are making BILLIONS every year from pornography in general.

Again, the issue is the sexual exploitation of children -- and for financial profit - which includes Comcast and Verizon.

Judgejewdy

‘More specifics, children are being RAPED.

rooting4redpillers

This came about in 2014, not all that long ago. A wildly successful author, Grisham HAD to know that his comments, especially his WEAK “drunk friend” analogy, made him sound foolish and ignorant. Well-deserved backlash prompted him to walk it back. Makes me wonder WHY he took on this sickening subject in the first place.

John Grisham | Wikipedia

Grisham has a lifelong passion for baseball demonstrated partly by his support of Little League activities in both Oxford and in Charlottesville, Virginia. In 1996, Grisham built a $3.8 million youth baseball complex ...

Grisham said the big case came in 1984, but it was not his case . As he was hanging around the court , he overheard a 12-year-old girl telling the jury what had happened to her. Her story intrigued Grisham, and he began watching the trial. He saw how the members of the jury cried as she told them about having been raped and beaten . It was then, Grisham later wrote in The New York Times, that a story was born ...

In 2010, Grisham started writing a series of legal thrillers for children aged 9 to 12 years . It features Theodore Boone, a 13-year-old who gives his classmates legal advice ranging from rescuing impounded dogs to helping their parents prevent their house from being repossessed. He said, "I'm hoping primarily to entertain and interest kids , but at the same time I'm quietly hoping that the books will inform them, in a subtle way, about law." ...

Back to his child porn enabling...

Grisham believes that prison rates in the United States are excessive, and the justice system is "locking up far too many people". Citing examples including "black teenagers on minor drugs charges" to "those who had viewed child porn online", he controversially added that be [sic] believed not all viewers of child pornography are necessarily pedophiles. After hearing from numerous people against this position , he later recanted this statement in a Facebook post .

I can’t find that FB post, but here’s Grisham’s statement about this on his website :

A STATEMENT FROM JOHN GRISHAM, October 16, 2014

Anyone who harms a child for profit or pleasure, or who in any way participates in child pornography—online or otherwise—should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

My comments made two days ago during an interview with the British newspaper The Telegraph were in no way intended to show sympathy for those convicted of sex crimes, especially the sexual molestation of children. I can think of nothing more despicable.

I regret having made these comments, and apologize to all.

Without further details as to WHY he regrets having made these comments , I’m left to draw my own conclusions.

think-

Without further details as to WHY he regrets having made these comments, I’m left to draw my own conclusions.

Yes, the marketing devision of his publishing house wrote this statement after angry people called them and said they'd never buy one of his books again....

So from "they shouldn't be send to prison" he changed his mind to "should be punished to the fullest extent of the law".....in no time.

rooting4redpillers

Yes, I’m sure his publishers were cringing. My conclusion - just like most criminals who express remorse for their crimes - he has regrets ONLY because he got caught. For him, caught means: 1) called out by his primary audience for being a pedo apologist/enabler (at the least). He probably won some of them back with this apology, and 2) exposing himself as a pedo apologist/enabler put all of his behavior up for scrutiny. His interest in kids went from admirable to questionable.

Maybe after his apology, this controversy all just went away. Or maybe it changed everything for him, put him on permanent guard when he writes, and speaks in public. With the decades-old dirt that’s currently coming out on celebrities, it’s easy to believe he’s doing some cringing right now.

Narcissism

When he says "friend" he's talking about himself in a large part. Its how these people deflect blame.

pixiesbitch

yea it’s so obvious. “Asking for a friend”

carmencita

This guy needs to be made an example of on Twitter. He is Sick. His books need to be Boycotted. Now,

jealoushe

Agreed

UtangmanSimian

They aren't ..

There is a difference between underage nude photo sets that have no sex or violence and the rapine, cannibal and snuff porn material that abounds on internet sites, whose webmasters remain at large while the FBI - which is allegedly the main purveyor of internet CP in any case - looks away and twiddles its fingers.

Rationalize it like this .. in many parts of the world girls get married from about age 7 upwards, imagine a future society where the same young girls seeking marriage can post on a matchmaking site, whereas along with personal details and horoscope their photographic portfolio will include nude spreads.

The girl would explain the type of man she wants, thus a young unmarried undivorced individual who likes her would get preference to a divorcee or an oldie under any circumstances, though some girls might relax the rules a little if the sufferer is a billionaire fr instance or to gain social standing.

If an old dude like John Grisham browses their submissions from time to time whatsa matter with that??

Shizy

What the fuck was that shit???

ReadPastHeadlines

Being an audience for the material encourages the production of more material. These are not victimless crimes.

jealoushe

exactly, Im so tired of hearing the argument that watching isn`t hurting anyone!

mrnicegoy


"a growing consensus among intellectuals that imprisoning those who view child porn may not be the most effective solution."

oh really? hadnt heard. maybe you could identify these intellectuals

"Grisham justifies his belief by recanting the story of his friend who, in a drunken stupor, “pushed the wrong buttons, went too far, and got into child porn.” He claims the site said “16-year-old wanna-be hookers,” and although the man never physically touched a child, he was still arrested in a child porn sting."

Correct me if im wrong, but it is pretty much impossible to find child porn not on the dark web as anyone hosting it would be taking a huuge risk. What did this guy go to www.16yearoldhookers.com or something? Does he think people will believe that?

jealoushe

lmao my thoughts exactly

think-

and although the man never physically touched a child, he was still arrested in a child porn sting.

Yes, Mr. Grisham, child porn - filming and taking photos of children who are raped, tortured or killed is a crime, and everyone who participates is guilty of facilitating rape, torture and murder.

And Grisham is / was a lawyer, which makes it even worse. He should know.

I actually liked some of his books, but stopped reading them when I heard he defended his child porn watching friend.

Judgejewdy

I also hate this “article” bc he didn’t RECANT the story, he reCOUNTED the story. Huge difference. Dumb@$$es.

bernitdown

Isn't age of consent like 16 in some states?

pixiesbitch

Age of consent is 16 in the U.K., imo, it’s too young. People are having sex at 13, 14 and 15. My friend lost her virginity aged TWELVE. And I think it’s mostly because the age of consent is so low here.

Shizy

Not sure what the laws on that are exactly like where you are, but on my state the age of consent laws vary slightly depending on the age of the sexual partner. It's meant to not completely penalize teens who are having sex with their similar age boyfriend/girlfriend. Yes 13,14,15 is too young to be having sex but doing it with a same age peer is different than being that young age with someone in their 20's or older.

Judgejewdy

Also bc Europe is more sexualized. The Puritanism of the states (for all its pros and cons) has largely protected them thus far. But you see what happens when acceptable behavior changes... sex before marriage, homosexuality, gender “fluidity”...it grows like wildfire until it becomes the norm. Ask yourself what was “normal” 5 years ago. 10 years ago? 30? Hell, ive even seen more of this gender stuff in the past year than any other time. It’s flat out bizarre how all of a sudden there’s this crisis of identity that didn’t exist 2 years ago.

pixiesbitch

The reason you’re seeing so much about gender politics is not because it’s an actual issue, it’s because it’s part of the elitist Marxist agenda to destroy western values and break apart the normal nuclear family unit. That’s why gay marriage has been accepted. It’s all part of the normalisation process, give it five or ten years and pedophilia will have been normalised or at the very very least, it will have been accepted. People will no longer look at pedo scum as scum, but rather lost tortured souls who can’t find anyone to love. Europe is at the fore front of this because like you say it’s more accepting. Of cultures, religions, sexual preferences. I wish I could save Europe. I love my country and don’t want to see it destroyed.

Rainy-Day-Dream

Grisham justifies his belief by recanting the story of his friend who, in a drunken stupor, “pushed the wrong buttons, went too far, and got into child porn.

his friend is what's called a pedophile in layman's terms

mrnicegoy

yeah I would say so! "oops! I just downloaded and installed tor!" "oops! just entered in the secret website which is probably a string of 20ish random characters" "oops, managed to log in!" give me a break.

Warnos44

Not only that but just seeing it wouldn't make you suddenly interested in it. There had to be an interest beforehand.

Gothamgirl

Well normal people don't go looking for it and viewing it, thats for sure.

Insandt

Gotta watch those wrong buttons!

vastrightwing

All pedophiles view child pornography.

User890020

They don't all HAVE to watch it... but all who seek and view child pornography are pedophiles

bigoak9

An apologist for kiddie Diddlers

guinness2

Our culture lost much when we ceased lynching people like this (and niggers).

This is the same fucked-up argument that liberals use to justify Islamic terrorism - they claim just because Muslims finance terrorism through their mosques, doesn't mean they are terrorists.

carmencita

What a rotten and disgusting statement.

guinness2

Can you explain why I shouldn't hate child rapists?

Can you justify why I should tolerate pedophile worshiping member of the Islamic terrorist ideology?

Can you explain why niggers haven't earned my contempt?

Reality is not politically correct, so why should I pretend that it is?

carmencita

You just don't get it, do you. What you are saying is that all Muslims and all Black People are child rapists. That is what is wrong with your statements. I will not look at your links. They are probably as nasty as your words. Sorry you don't understand what I and the other person were talking about.

guinness2

No, what I am saying is that ALL Islamic sects are intolerably disgusting pedophile promoting terrorist networks because that ALL promote terrorism and pedophilia (and domestic violence and Christian genocide) and fund the spread of their terrorist ideology... and any Muslim who promotes Islam or funds it through their mosques or indoctrinates children into it, qualifies as a member of a terrorist ideology.

As for niggers, if raping and stealing and murder were Olympic sports, they would be gold medalists at every event... It's rational and informed to express contempt for such a bestial, crime culture.

Reality is not politically correct and I see no reason to pretend that it is.

DeathToMasonsASAP

What you typed is one of the sorriest shill attempts I have seen in a while. This place is high priority for the pedo protectors.

guinness2

Wait - I'm not allowed to hate pedos and niggers and Muslims at the same time?

Shillaxe

Do you hate Christian "niggers" ?

guinness2

I don't give a fuck how niggers see themselves: I hate that, generally speaking, niggers and their savage crime culture retards America.

Shillaxe

I thought Christianity was about compassion & tolerance, turn the other cheek kinda thing. Do think all white people are cool ?