Child Pornography Exists on the Internet

 

 

Child Pornography Exists on the Internet
In USENET Newsgroups it Flourishes Unchecked
This is a Flagrant Violation of United States Law
And a Violation of the basic Code of Humanity and Respect

 

USENET newsgroups consist of some 15,000+ topical entitieswhich constitute an immense worldwide forum for discussion anddiscourse. These newsgroups actually pre-date the existence of theWorld Wide Web and are now an integral part of the "internetexperience". These forums for discussion range in subject from AncientArt to Zen Buddhism, and within the "threaded" structure of each groupemerges the true spirit of debate and a poignant example of freedom ofspeech. Though a few newsgroups are moderated (having a designatedmember of the group with oversight powers to keep the discussion ontrack,) most newsgroups are free forums, and may seem at times likefree-for-alls, but taken as a whole, they provide a noble service ingiving each and every user an equal voice.

Despite its most noble intent, the darkest side of the internet will befound within a small number of newsgroups. The very existence of thesegroups are an irony in that they are very literally ILLEGAL. These arethe Pedophiliaor Pedophile newsgroups. Perhaps at one time, these forums functionedas discussion groups for people of similar, though no less frighteninginterests, that being the exploitation of children for the sexualgratification of the adults who control them.

Technology now allows for the instantaneous electronic transmission ofpictures over the internet. These pictures are converted or encoded toa binary format and sent in a similar manner as a text message. Theprocess is as simple as sending an email. Once uploaded, the encodedbinary message appears within the newsgroup where it can be downloadedby any user and decoded back into its original form, and when thisdecoded format is accessed through a image viewer, it becomes aphotograph. I have witnessed for myself some of the images that haveemerged from the pedophilia newsgroups (WARNING: The following paragraph is a graphic description of what exists in these newsgroups. Some readers may find this offensive.)

Images of grown men sodomizing young boys, a very young girl pinned toa bed while having a bottle inserted into her vagina. One series ofpictures which I will never forget was entitled BABYRAPE. It was aseries of seven pictures depicting a man removing a diaper from aninfant girl, inserting his fingers into her vagina and finally havingsexual intercourse with her.
This was an infant..... A baby.
It appears as if there is nothing too extreme for these child pornography groups.

My sense of disgust had been piqued immediately, but having seen thepictures called BABYRAPE, from that point on, it became my cause andcommitment to work against those who would exploit the weak, thechildren, and to ultimately work and organize others to help fightchild pornography on the internet.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: If anyone should doubtwhat I have described above, if you find any curiousity in what I havementioned, I feel a legal obligation to urge you not to go looking intothese newsgroups for yourself.
That is the strange irony Imentioned earlier. That our Internet Service Providers make thismaterial available to us.... BUT, if you enter these groups anddownload one single picture, you will have commited a crime, a felonypunishable by fines and a possible imprisonment.

You may ask yourself: "Why does my Internet Service Provider make this material available to me if it is illegal?"

That is an excellent question, for more answers on that point please gothe top of the page and click on the icon titled GET INVOLVED

Sadly, our Internet Service Providers (ISP's), the Internet Communityand our Law Enforcement Agencies have turned a blind eye to thisshocking and sickening exploitation of innocent children. If theagencies of government and law enforcement groups are unable to copewith this tragedy of exploited children and psychological abuse, thenWE must act. The citizens of the internet community must stand up, ifwe don't stand up for the rights of the weak, then what kind of societyare we going to become? And if we don't stand up with the law on ourside and demand the removal of these ILLEGAL child pornography groups(click on the word LISTto view the newsgroups available to the average user,) if we don'tstand against it, then we might as well endorse it because thesituation will remain the same, child pornography will have found asafe home on the internet and the pedophiles will have won. Thechildren then, will have to continue to suffer.

In my two years on the internet I've watched these child porn groups grow, not shrink..... but grow larger and more bold.

We can have an impact on what kind of society will dominate the internet.

Will it be a society of predators where sexual gratification is therule and the weak and trusting children become subject to it?

Will it be a society of zero-tolerance for child pornagraphy on the internet?
A society that demands at the very least that this incredible newmedium of communication set a standard for decency that begins with theprotection of innocent children from predators, rape, sexual abuse andthe final degradation to the child, of having his/her abuse become atimeless reminder, a picture, a visual tool for others sick sexualgratification.

Please give this issue some thought. Help us spread the word by joiningthe White Ribbon Campaign. Merely place the White Ribbon on yourwebsite to show that you stand against child pornography.

For, ultimately this issue is not a matter of compassion but one of basic humanity and respect.

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