ethics of images

latest: oct 2016 to apr 2025


			15 April 2025 nitro's final thoughts nitro I am a pedophile. I've made over 18,000 posts on the VirPed forum since 2015. I am dying.

			2 August 2021 personal reflections on difficult issues leonard johnston 6 of 6: My personal reflections on what I learned in this series.

			7 June 2021 counting the distressed cp victims ethan edwards How do we come up with measured public policy on this?

			29 May 2021 anti-pedophile restrictions — attitudes or technology? ethan edwards The public has also become less and less tolerant of pedophilia since 2012. Laws reflect this.

			8 November 2020 images and offending: what do the data tell us? leonard johnston 3 of 6: Does viewing CP encourage child abuse? What about artificial CP, like images, dolls, stories?

			30 September 2020 is artificial child pornography a good outlet? leonard johnston 2 of 6: Is artificial CP moral? Might it lead to more harm?

			3 September 2020 private sexual thoughts do not violate a child's rights ethan edwards People are disgusted by the idea of adult sexual attraction to children, independent of any harm to particular children from child sex exploitation.

			15 August 2020 critique of a podcast: the worst epidemic ethan edwards It's as if you said, Lawbreakers! Disgusting people! An epidemic of vast proportions! Some of them murder and torture people! That's true. But there are other lawbreakers who park in no parking zones or let the time expire on their meters.

			19 July 2020 how people justify viewing child pornography (and why i don’t) leonard johnston 1 of 6: Even if you disapprove of CP, meeting other pedophiles means encountering CP users, How to deal?

			25 May 2020 you, twenty years from now: setting your boundaries leonard johnston How do you live a safe life? For me, an important part is understanding and sticking to my boundaries.

			9 May 2020 the iwf: comparing harm from viewing to other harms ethan edwards 4 of 4. Considering narratives from the IWF about whether types of harm from CSEM can be different.

			8 May 2020 the iwf: what are the viewers thinking? ethan edwards 3 of 4. Looking at the IWF's possible attitudes to the intentions of viewers of CSEM.

			7 May 2020 the iwf: young teens ethan edwards 2 of 4. Looking at the issue of self-made images of teens in the light of IWF statements.

			6 May 2020 the iwf: pixels from a crime scene ethan edwards 1 of 4. A review of the Pixels from a Crime Scene podcast from the Internet Watch Foundation.

			12 December 2019 the parallel between hiv and pedophilia ethan edwards Is CSAM use a public health issue akin to other illnesses?

			27 November 2019 houston police: be afraid for no good reason ethan edwards There is horror at the general idea of what might be happening with some pedophile all alone at home, even though no one else will ever know what happened.

			8 November 2019 funding to reduce csa is never specifically to catch passive cp viewers ethan edwards The government and private funders allocate money to stop child sex abuse. Their purpose is not really being met.

			8 November 2019 why cp possession penalties are unjust — a summary ethan edwards There are things a pedophile might do where justice calls for serious penalties. Molesting a child is the most obvious one.

			8 October 2019 regret among cp viewers ethan edwards When you hear that someone has been found with CP images, consider that they feel terrible about it

			1 October 2019 hysteria vs analysis regarding cp images online ethan edwards On Sunday, September 29, the lead article in the New York Times was titled The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong? I have a critique.

			11 September 2019 the two morally distinct classes of cp viewers ethan edwards Criminal penalties aside, how should we think of those men who do view CP sometimes?

			11 September 2019 unparalleled legal uncertainty of cp ethan edwards Is it only 5% who get caught, or 95%?

			22 August 2019 surprise: lots of good pedophiles look at cp ethan edwards 1 of 3. This series of Surprise posts is of a few key things I've learned since then that I did not know before.

			27 May 2019 terminology: cp versus csem ethan edwards I have a whole series of posts on child pornography, often abbreviated as CP. Another more recent phrase for this is "child sex exploitation material", abbreviated as CSEM.

			26 March 2019 compare: subway molesters and cp viewers ethan edwards What do we expect a pedophile to do — a man who knows he cannot possibly find a truly consenting partner?

			30 November 2018 lessons from mass shootings for cp viewing ethan edwards Making CP is an example of child sex abuse and is rightly criminal for that reason. But the harm caused by viewing it is much less clear.

			8 October 2018 the tragedy of child sex dolls and artificial cp brett daywalker No children have been harmed, and there is no evidence that the people viewing such media have or will harm children, but they have been made criminals anyway.

			30 July 2018 i needed to be caught: interview with jay global prevention project I needed to be caught. It was the jolt I needed in my life to sort it out. It's cost me almost everything, but my life is in such a good, positive direction now.

			16 January 2018 the first time i didn't view child pornography bly Child sexual abuse material, known legally as child pornography, is a blight on children's lives. But what if you're the kind of person it's aimed at?

			23 October 2016 what if ordinary porn was illegal? ethan edwards Looking at CP is illegal and can incur stiff penalties, and I would urge everyone to not look at it, for that reason if nothing else. Setting that aside, I think looking at CP is morally questionable. It would certainly make me personally uncomfortable. (I have never seen any).

15 April 2025

nitro's final thoughts
nitro

I am a pedophile. I've made over 18,000 posts on the VirPed forum since 2015. I am dying.

2 August 2021

personal reflections on difficult issues
leonard johnston

6 of 6: My personal reflections on what I learned in this series.

7 June 2021

counting the distressed cp victims
ethan edwards

How do we come up with measured public policy on this?

29 May 2021

anti-pedophile restrictions — attitudes or technology?
ethan edwards

The public has also become less and less tolerant of pedophilia since 2012. Laws reflect this.

8 November 2020

images and offending: what do the data tell us?
leonard johnston

3 of 6: Does viewing CP encourage child abuse? What about artificial CP, like images, dolls, stories?

30 September 2020

is artificial child pornography a good outlet?
leonard johnston

2 of 6: Is artificial CP moral? Might it lead to more harm?

3 September 2020

private sexual thoughts do not violate a child's rights
ethan edwards

People are disgusted by the idea of adult sexual attraction to children, independent of any harm to particular children from child sex exploitation.

15 August 2020

critique of a podcast: the worst epidemic
ethan edwards

It's as if you said, Lawbreakers! Disgusting people! An epidemic of vast proportions! Some of them murder and torture people! That's true. But there are other lawbreakers who park in no parking zones or let the time expire on their meters.

19 July 2020

how people justify viewing child pornography (and why i don’t)
leonard johnston

1 of 6: Even if you disapprove of CP, meeting other pedophiles means encountering CP users, How to deal?

25 May 2020

you, twenty years from now: setting your boundaries
leonard johnston

How do you live a safe life? For me, an important part is understanding and sticking to my boundaries.

9 May 2020

the iwf: comparing harm from viewing to other harms
ethan edwards

4 of 4. Considering narratives from the IWF about whether types of harm from CSEM can be different.

8 May 2020

the iwf: what are the viewers thinking?
ethan edwards

3 of 4. Looking at the IWF's possible attitudes to the intentions of viewers of CSEM.

7 May 2020

the iwf: young teens
ethan edwards

2 of 4. Looking at the issue of self-made images of teens in the light of IWF statements.

6 May 2020

the iwf: pixels from a crime scene
ethan edwards

1 of 4. A review of the Pixels from a Crime Scene podcast from the Internet Watch Foundation.

12 December 2019

the parallel between hiv and pedophilia
ethan edwards

Is CSAM use a public health issue akin to other illnesses?

27 November 2019

houston police: be afraid for no good reason
ethan edwards

There is horror at the general idea of what might be happening with some pedophile all alone at home, even though no one else will ever know what happened.

8 November 2019

funding to reduce csa is never specifically to catch passive cp viewers
ethan edwards

The government and private funders allocate money to stop child sex abuse. Their purpose is not really being met.

8 November 2019

why cp possession penalties are unjust — a summary
ethan edwards

There are things a pedophile might do where justice calls for serious penalties. Molesting a child is the most obvious one.

8 October 2019

regret among cp viewers
ethan edwards

When you hear that someone has been found with CP images, consider that they feel terrible about it

1 October 2019

hysteria vs analysis regarding cp images online
ethan edwards

On Sunday, September 29, the lead article in the New York Times was titled The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong? I have a critique.

11 September 2019

the two morally distinct classes of cp viewers
ethan edwards

Criminal penalties aside, how should we think of those men who do view CP sometimes?

11 September 2019

unparalleled legal uncertainty of cp
ethan edwards

Is it only 5% who get caught, or 95%?

22 August 2019

surprise: lots of good pedophiles look at cp
ethan edwards

1 of 3. This series of Surprise posts is of a few key things I've learned since then that I did not know before.

27 May 2019

terminology: cp versus csem
ethan edwards

I have a whole series of posts on child pornography, often abbreviated as CP. Another more recent phrase for this is "child sex exploitation material", abbreviated as CSEM.

26 March 2019

compare: subway molesters and cp viewers
ethan edwards

What do we expect a pedophile to do — a man who knows he cannot possibly find a truly consenting partner?

30 November 2018

lessons from mass shootings for cp viewing
ethan edwards

Making CP is an example of child sex abuse and is rightly criminal for that reason. But the harm caused by viewing it is much less clear.

8 October 2018

the tragedy of child sex dolls and artificial cp
brett daywalker

No children have been harmed, and there is no evidence that the people viewing such media have or will harm children, but they have been made criminals anyway.

30 July 2018

i needed to be caught: interview with jay
global prevention project

I needed to be caught. It was the jolt I needed in my life to sort it out. It's cost me almost everything, but my life is in such a good, positive direction now.

16 January 2018

the first time i didn't view child pornography
bly

Child sexual abuse material, known legally as child pornography, is a blight on children's lives. But what if you're the kind of person it's aimed at?

23 October 2016

what if ordinary porn was illegal?
ethan edwards

Looking at CP is illegal and can incur stiff penalties, and I would urge everyone to not look at it, for that reason if nothing else. Setting that aside, I think looking at CP is morally questionable. It would certainly make me personally uncomfortable. (I have never seen any).

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