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by BobbyJo 1022 days ago
> This is a very Liberal line of thought

IANAL, but I believe that is the actual basis of CSAM laws. In that case, it's not political statement, it's a statement of legal record.

You have to remember that the law is required to be self-consistent. So if you allow a line of reasoning to be the basis of a law, you have to also allow it to be the basis of any other law. A law based on "making this thing harms children in the process" is consistent with precedent. A law based on "this will make people want to do bad things" is not.