Originally Posted by punkworld

You're being bashed because you think reading and writing should be banned. You're being bashed because you are against free speech. You're being bashed because most of your arguments are extremely simplistic, and are based more on gut feelings than on rationality.


There are many people I wouldn't want my children around, especially unsupervised, including alcoholics, religious fanatics, cult members, conspiracy theorists, people with unhealthy fascinations for chainsaws, psychotics, most bums, etc.
And you are aware, I hope, that a vast majority of people wouldn't allow their children anywhere near you if they were aware of you being a pornographer.

So, clearly, the simple fact that you don't want your children around certain people doesn't mean much at all.

The point is that once you start banning things that occur only between consenting adults, you are taking away one of the most fundamental parts of freedom there are. And reading and writing stories such as these are things that, ironically, involve just consenting adults. No matter how disgusting they may be, stories are stories, nothing more.

Apart from that, I am quite certain that people who sexually enjoy stories involving minors aren't actually paedophiles. I know plenty of women who enjoy roleplaying such things as being raped, being a slave or being tortured, read stories involving extremely explicit, degrading and promiscuous sex acts, or even like reading lolicon manga. Nevertheless, most of them are quite opposed to actually being raped, treasure their freedom, in no way long to be tortured, are not planning on being gangbanged by a group of well-hung black men while their husband is out of town, and most certainly aren't into little girls, sexually.

There is a big gap between fantasy and reality, and most people are (or should be) able to fully see that gap.