In 2007, the UK government proposed to create new laws making extreme/violent pornography illegal (currently being debated).
I'm not sure exactly where I stand on the banning of such images, but I was recently stunned by the following piece of info (from Wikipedia):
"Classified works are exempt, but an extract from a classified work, if the image was extracted for the purpose of sexual arousal, would not be exempt."
Which criminalizes the subjective intent on viewing images that are otherwise deemed suitable for adult viewing. Will this make it into law, do you think? And are there any examples that criminalize other kinds of subjective responses or arousal? For instance, is a paedophile's arousal by non-illegal images of children in itself a crime?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_pornography
I'm not sure exactly where I stand on the banning of such images, but I was recently stunned by the following piece of info (from Wikipedia):
"Classified works are exempt, but an extract from a classified work, if the image was extracted for the purpose of sexual arousal, would not be exempt."
Which criminalizes the subjective intent on viewing images that are otherwise deemed suitable for adult viewing. Will this make it into law, do you think? And are there any examples that criminalize other kinds of subjective responses or arousal? For instance, is a paedophile's arousal by non-illegal images of children in itself a crime?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_pornography