Cartoon porn kids are people, judge says in Simpsons porn case
AAP
December 08, 2008 12:15pm
CARTOON characters are people too, a judge has ruled in the case of a man convicted over cartoons based on The Simpsons, in which children are shown having sex.
In the New South Wales Supreme Court today, Justice Michael Adams ruled that a fictional cartoon character was a "person" within the meaning of the relevant state and commonwealth laws.
Alan John McEwan was appealing his February conviction for possessing child pornography and using his computer to access child pornography.
"The alleged pornography comprised a series of cartoons depicting figures modelled on members of the television animated series The Simpsons," the judge said.
The cartoons showed characters such as Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson having sex.
McEwan was convicted and fined $3000 and placed on a good behaviour bond.
"In my view, the magistrate was correct in determining that, in respect of both the commonwealth and the NSW offences, the word 'person' included fictional or imaginary characters ...," the judge said.
"... The mere fact that the figure depicted departed from a realistic representation in some respects of a human being did not mean that such a figure was not a 'person'."
In dismissing the appeal, the judge ordered each party to pay its own legal costs in the first case dealing with the "difficult" issue. "
Dope!!!
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Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:29 pm
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alexclaton VIP
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 689 Location: Hell on earth
lol yea cartoons are people too =\
this give support to the a person is a fiction idea ... guess that means we have a person after all
Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:56 pm
imamonstertruck VIP
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 532 Location: Louisville KY
alexclaton wrote:
lol yea cartoons are people too =\
first thing I thought of when I saw this. I knew you would be the one to say it first
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Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:10 pm
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madthumbs
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 8249 Location: Fingerlakes - NY usa
I thought they were funny. Guess I'm a pedo.
Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:36 pm
alexclaton VIP
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 689 Location: Hell on earth
id rather pedos watch cartoons then actually subject REAL children to that...
Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:56 pm
false flag VIP
Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 445 Location: melbourne, Australia
Oh crap somebody sent thos simpsons pics to me in an email yonks ago..shite better come and lock me up then!!!
bloody hell cartoons are people...this would have to be the dumbest thing I ever heard
Dope!!!
