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“David Cameron’s
statement said he was “sickened by the proliferation of child
pornography.” DISGUSTING”.
Are you just a regular
bod, bumbling along through life? I am, pretty much. And, like me,
that statement may cause your brain to judder for a microsecond as
you try to unravel its implications. Is someone really complaining
that our Glorious Leader is disgusted by kiddie porn? Is this a quote
from someone who feels their ability to watch child abuse is being
outrageously circumscribed by the State?
I’m not identifying the
source, except to say its someone whose official career was dedicated
to fighting child abuse. The quote is merely illustrative and a
jumping off point for my annoyance and bafflement. He is not –
despite the initial impression – annoyed that the PM is speaking
out against child abuse.
Unless you are au fait
with the politics and terminology of child sexual abuse – “CSA”
to those in the know – then like me you wouldn’t appreciate the
source of this outrage. It turns out that the words “child porn”
are a source of angst, objects of pain and because of that subject to
a campaign which renders them verbotten from the language. Don’t
worry, you can still use the words “child” and “porn”,
but just not together.
Perhaps, like me, you
scratched your head and wondered- pour qua?! Because whenever I hear
the words “child porn” I know precisely what it refers to.
It means pictures of children in a sexual context. And, being
children, by both moral and legal definition this is firmly in the
category of “abuse”. “Child porn” means pictures
of children being abused. Is anyone not following me? Do any of you
think otherwise when you see those words?
Those campaigning
against the term “child porn” are insisting that what we
all understand by it is that it is consensual, because of the word
“porn”. I never have. Have you? What I understand by “porn”
is sexual material intended to titilate. It is not a comment on its
legality or moral status, anymore than adding the word “porn”
to “rape” or “animal” makes it all kosher. No one
has sat at their keyboard and thought, “hmmm, because its porn
it must be okay”…and then searched for “child porn”.
I dislike being told by
a group of campaigners what I understand or mean by the words “child
porn”. I know it means abuse, you all know its abuse. But so
wrapped up in their own view of the world have they become that when
the PM uses it in the context of denouncing child abuse someone calls
it DISGUSTING. Note the capitals. That’s the extent of this misplaced
attempt to warp our language.
And because these
campaigners insist that what WE understand by “child porn”
is that its consensual, as if we think abused kids are a succession
of Jenna Jameson mini-me’s, they take umbrage. Because they are
rapidly persuading themselves that what we believe is that “child
porn” is okay, they are feeling demeaned and insulted in having
their suffering minimised.
I am not persuaded.
Everyone knows that “child porn” equals pictures of child
abuse. None of us ever thought otherwise. And I dislike any group
telling us what we mean, wrongly, and then feeling insulted.
I think this is one of
the most specious and manufactured campaigns ever, an outgrowth of
some “survivor” ideology and in no way a reflection of
reality. In case anyone is in any doubt about the abusive meaning of
“child porn”, the clue is in the name: “CHILD porn”.
We are not idiots. Feel free not to tell us what we mean when we know
damn well.
And feel free to note
the important stuff and not some bizarre lexicological debate. The
Prime Mnister is decrying child abuse on the internet. That’s quite
important, it may lead to significant policy changes. But such is the
circular, inward looking view of some people that he is abused
because of their focus on the language Cameron used. Talk about wood
and trees….
And in case you’re
wondering, the terms insisted upon instead of “child porn”
are – images of child abuse, child abuse images, and variations on
the theme. I offer them to you so you can avoid the seminological
hole I found myself in – and just in case you were thinking that
the words “child porn” meant it was all legal and
consensual.

Just in case….

Ben Gunn is \”one of Britain\’s best known
prisoners…he constantly questions authority and exposes the futility
of the system\” The Times. Pleading guilty to the murder of a friend when
he was 14 years old, Ben has since renounced violence and consistently
fought for the recognition of the inherent dignity of all human beings.
As a result of speaking truth to power, Ben has served far longer than
the recommended 10 years, leading Education Secretary Michael Gove to
argue that Ben \”has been punished excessively for a crime committed as a
child\”, and Lord Ramsbotham to state that \”It is expensive and
unnecessary to keep Ben Gunn in prison\”.


Source: http://prisonerben.blogspot.com/2013/06/child-abuse.html



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