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

[Andrew Brown]

On Thursday, April 25, 2002, at 4:49:19 PM, Roland Perry wrote:

RP> In article <0204251330231A.20490@osborne>, Adrian Midgley 
RP> <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.

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

Why should anyone doubt this? The effectiveness of images to alter
behaviour is the principle on which the entire adveritising industry
is based.

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