Reply #7: I think they should be severly punished...

[RoadRage]

Actually - for a person who it can be proven that he/she has viewed child porn (porn of a person or persons who are obviously under the age of 18), I think 1 year in prison for each picture viewed up to a maximum of 25 years would be sufficient.

I'm not talking about someone who is looking at "XXX.com" and doesn't realize that they're looking at 17 year old instead of an 18 year old. I'm talking about the person who is looking at various imagages of 10 year olds, 5 year olds or worse.

Further more - someone who is responsible for making or distributing it should get 2 years for every picture or video he/she is involved with - up to a max of 50 years.

If they agree to serioius rehabilitation & counsuling while in prision, they can work off up to 1/2 of the sentance with the approval of the counsolers & doctors involved if they really think the person has been rehabilitated.

And, it should not matter if the child/children involved are US or NON-US born citizens. If the perp. is a US citizen, that's all that matters.

Just my .02. And, sadly - I don't think that this would in any way stop this horrific trade. I think that people who are interested in this sort of thing will do it no matter what. It's just a different kind of drug to them, and many don't "think" they can control themselves.