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simpsons child porn case
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
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CARTOON characters are people too, a judge has ruled in the case of a man convicted over cartoons based on The Simpsons, in which children are shown having sex.
In the New South Wales Supreme Court today, Justice Michael Adams ruled that a fictional cartoon character was a "person" within the meaning of the relevant state and commonwealth laws.
Alan John McEwan was appealing his February conviction for possessing child pornography and using his computer to access child pornography.
"The alleged pornography comprised a series of cartoons depicting figures modelled on members of the television animated series The Simpsons," the judge said.
The cartoons showed characters such as Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson having sex.
McEwan was convicted and fined $3000 and placed on a good behaviour bond.
"In my view, the magistrate was correct in determining that, in respect of both the commonwealth and the NSW offences, the word 'person' included fictional or imaginary characters ...," the judge said.
"... The mere fact that the figure depicted departed from a realistic representation in some respects of a human being did not mean that such a figure was not a 'person'."
In dismissing the appeal, the judge ordered each party to pay its own legal costs in the first case dealing with the "difficult" issue. |
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24767202-2,00.html
not sure i agree with this. banning child abuse products is about preventing children from being harmed in the making of such products. i fail to see the victim here. not really any different to above-age actors pretending to be underage (ala recent SVU episode). |
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| nchs09 |
Sometimes i see this cartoon drawings on like 4chan.. of like liza ing marge.. WTF
its kinda ed up.. me no like! |
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| aquila |
| What's wrong with a bit of toon Hentai? I'm sure all of us secretly wanted to nail Marge or Lisa anyway... |
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| XoxidE |
| BART GET OUT IM PISS! :stongue: |
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| Sushipunk |
Animated gifs of Simpsons porn were floating around in the 90s/early 2000s.
To call a fictional animated character a 'person' is going way overboard, IMO.
But based on:
| quote: | | Alan John McEwan was appealing his February conviction for possessing child pornography and using his computer to access child pornography. |
The dude is a pedo, so I don't give a . 3k and a pat on the backside probably turned the sick fucker on. |
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| Ghost Raver |
| Only in... :( |
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| Sushipunk |
| So which child porn rss feed do you subscribe to PKC? This story is only a few hours old, huh? |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
The dude is a pedo, |
i thought that was rather ambiguous. if the 'child porn' they are referring to relates exclusively to the simpsons stuff, then i don't consider that child pornography. i mean, why appeal the charge for the cartoons if you've been caught with actual child pornography?
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
So which child porn rss feed do you subscribe to PKC? This story is only a few hours old, huh? |
im old. i don't even know what rss is ;) |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i thought that was rather ambiguous. if the 'child porn' they are referring to relates exclusively to the simpsons stuff, then i don't consider that child pornography. i mean, why appeal the charge for the cartoons if you've been caught with actual child pornography? |
It said he was in the process of appealing a kiddy porn charge from February. Doesn't sound like the same case to me. Maybe I'm wrong though.
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
im old. i don't even know what rss is ;) |
Oh, yeah, me either ;) ;) ;) |
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| DJ Shibby |
that's ing crazy on both sides
cartoons != people |
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| DJ Shibby |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
Sometimes i see this cartoon drawings on like 4chan.. of like liza ing marge.. WTF
its kinda ed up.. me no like! |
moar |
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| boris_the_bear |
I'd definitely get six consecutive fvking life sentences in the US:rolleyes:
Simpsons characters are identified as "persons" = burning alien cocoons depicts child murder:rolleyes: |
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