[jessedhillon]

A) Chill.

B) You haven't shown that there is something gained by letting child porn traders go, which is worth the cost. With due process, courts and warrants, we know what the upside is -- it's not clear what real benefit Tor provides us in exchange for letting this kind of activity go on. (Well, to me it's clear what the supposed gain is, and that it's not a fair trade)

[pdonis]

it's not clear what real benefit Tor provides us in exchange for letting this kind of activity go on

How about letting people in countries like Iran and China have a fighting chance of getting the word out about what's really going on there? Does that count?

How about letting people who are being stalked by creepy ex-spouses or ex-significant others have a chance of doing things online without being tracked? Does that count?

How about letting people who are afraid of reprisals speak inconvenient truths without being silenced? Does that count?

Basically you are saying these kinds of benefits aren't worth the chance of letting someone distribute child porn using Tor. That seems ridiculous to me.

[jlgreco]

So long as you are no longer accusing me of endorsing crime, I am satisfied with you disagreeing with me.

[jessedhillon]

I never said you endorse it. I said the position which you take has the effect of endorsing it. At the least, the position you appear to support requires a person to ignore this particular crime, or accept it as a necessary consequence. So far you have not explained why this particular feature is something society should accept.

In my opinion saying that there is something so valuable to be preserved that we should countenance the perpetration of a crime to achieve it, is endorsing that crime as a necessary component of the goal. People who endorse due process admit that allowing criminals to escape justice is a necessary feature, and in some sense are endorsing a system where some criminals avoid capture. So are free speech purists endorsing the necessity of a means for conveyance of child porn, so as to facilitate other speech.

That's not the same as saying that free speech purists endorse the porn itself, only the necessity of the freedom to transmit it.

[koide]

You should have the freedom to transmit it and to face the penalties law imposes.

Free speech does endorse the freedom to commit a crime, but does not endorse the criminal activities themselves.