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I know. I said that I didn't have an issue with porn, I was simply explaining to glesica the logic behind making actual rape films illegal.



Even focusing on real rape only it's a delicate question.

Perhaps the focus on movie recordings is misleading. It's the same issue as photography, and on the still image side it has been and still is discussed to death: should image of victims be banned ? What can be broadcasted and what can not ? Shouldn't a rape victim's identity be always protected ? Or is it OK if he/she agrees with the publication of convicting pieces ? Or what if he/she kills the assaulter afterwards ? Is it OK to have private shots of events other people don't want published ?

There's hundred of questions we could think of in the lapse of a conversation, just making 'films' illegal won't answer them all.

Edit: skipped a word in last sentence




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