dude gets jailed for have manga child porn

[Bond]

This is a tricky one. The problem here is somewhat two-fold. 1) Do these people choose to be attracted to children? All current research points to this not being the case, just as the majority of people do not choose to be gay. 2) Do people have a choice whether or not to act on these desires that are against societal norms? All current research points to that, yes, while there is not a choice to be attracted to children, there is still a choice whether or not to act on those desires.

I'm not trying to defend those who engage in these acts, but I do think we need to recognize it is not an easy struggle.

[Typhoid]

On the topic of 'acting on it'; in a sense I don't see the problem with it if it's manga. Other than being ridiculously creepy and something you shouldn't do because it happens to be really disturbing - but they aren't harming real children. I mean, maybe if it was a painted picture of a portrait of a real kid, but if it's just some fake...image, who's being harmed?

Again, clearly not condoning - but...no real person (other than this guy) is harmed in this scenario.

Undeniably creepy, and socially unacceptable - but...not real people. Cartoons do terrible stuff all the time. I personally say it should be either all or nothing.