R v (1) GRAHAM WESTGARTH SMITH (2) MIKE JAYSON (2002)

[Roland Perry]

In article <0204251330231A.20490@osborne>, Adrian Midgley 
<akm@92tr.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>creating another copy adds nothing detectable to the sum of human
>misery, whereas generating a new image _from reality_ or doing anything else
>instead of viewing images certainly is likely to.

It's a widely held belief (for example by rehabilitation clinics) that 
the availability of images has both encouraged new offenders, and been 
used as bait to convince new victims that the offender's actions aren't 
as outlandish as might be their first impression.
-- 
Roland Perry