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I figured that if I didn’t mention child porn I would be downvoted. But it looks like that’s happening anyway.

If I had things my way, no piece of information would be illegal. Child porn, nuclear weapon plans, whatever, I don’t care, it should all be legal.

But I accept that it’s a fringe position, though a completely tenable and consistent one. It’s all information and I think it’s ridiculous to try and censor something that only exists in the abstract.

Moreover, once you start censoring you will never be able to stop. Even though I’m sure people will do bad things with information, I believe that history has shown that the good will outweigh the bad.

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Your position is consistent but for most people not tenable. It’s hard to claim that the “information” as you put it is abstract when it exists in video format that can be watched. When you make statement like

Moreover, once you start censoring you will never be able to stop.

Your position become less credible. You need to argue that the censoring that is currently being proposed or being done is indeed bad for society. Or that we’d be better off without said censoring. Engaging in slippery slope style reasoning is not helpful.

But I accept that it’s a fringe position, though a completely tenable and consistent one.

Acceptance of child porn isn't tenable, that literally creates a market for rape. Sure, you may be believe markets are an unstoppable force in human nature and that suffering is inevitable, but those are just the axiomatic beliefs you've chosen to subscribe to. If you don't care about the imposition of suffering on others that these entail, are you willing to accept the same degree of insecurity for your own person?

It is consistent but not tenable.

And, as history shows, censorship waxes and wanes in every society; you certainly can stop censoring things that once were censored.

>though a completely tenable

I don't think everyone having access to nuclear plans and biological weapons is tenable. Those things aren't abstract.

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