RasterGraphic posted...
I mean, do you legit want the teenager thrown in prison and treated like a predator over that?
Sounds like you're ignoring why CP is against the law in the first place. It's a form of child abuse. Who is actually being abused in this instance?
It's still bad. But for different reasons. It could fall in the hands of actual sexual predators or otherwise shared online (whether intentional or no).
I'm saying this shouldn't be CP at all in the first place. They shouldn't be getting charged for this at all. Canada's laws are the ones ignoring why CP is a crime and this is a half-assed mitigation that doesn't address the real issue while still giving horrible optics at the same time.
I can kind of understand if Canada's lawmakers are run by full conservatives and the judges doing this are the only ways to mitigate these niche situations until things get better but I don't think that's really the case.