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	[[Image:Law_and_sexuality_logo.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Law & Sexuality Blog]]Chris Ashford, a Prinicpal Lecturer in the Department of Law at the University of Sunderland, UK, maintains [http://lawandsexuality.blogspot.com/ a blog] on Law and Sexuality, which frequently touches on questions of 'pedophilia' and related legal developments.		[[Image:Law_and_sexuality_logo.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Law & Sexuality Blog]]Chris Ashford, a Prinicpal Lecturer in the Department of Law at the University of Sunderland, UK, maintains [http://lawandsexuality.blogspot.com/ a blog] on Law and Sexuality, which frequently touches on questions of 'pedophilia' and related legal developments.

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	[[Image:Law_and_sexuality_logo.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Law & Sexuality Blog]]Chris Ashford, a Prinicpal Lecturer in the Department of Law at the University of Sunderland, UK, maintains [http://lawandsexuality.blogspot.com/ a blog] on Law and Sexuality, which frequently touches on questions of 'pedophilia' and related legal developments.		[[Image:Law_and_sexuality_logo.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Law & Sexuality Blog]]Chris Ashford, a Prinicpal Lecturer in the Department of Law at the University of Sunderland, UK, maintains [http://lawandsexuality.blogspot.com/ a blog] on Law and Sexuality, which frequently touches on questions of 'pedophilia' and related legal developments.

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	[[Image:Law_and_sexuality_logo.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Law & Sexuality Blog]]Chris Ashford, a Prinicpal Lecturer in the Department of Law at the University of Sunderland, UK, maintains [http://lawandsexuality.blogspot.com/ a blog] on Law and Sexuality, which frequently touches on questions of 'pedophilia' and related legal developments.		[[Image:Law_and_sexuality_logo.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Law & Sexuality Blog]]Chris Ashford, a Prinicpal Lecturer in the Department of Law at the University of Sunderland, UK, maintains [http://lawandsexuality.blogspot.com/ a blog] on Law and Sexuality, which frequently touches on questions of 'pedophilia' and related legal developments.

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	:The production of narratives offering alternatives to those presently circulating should be our immediate priority, and it is here that our thought, activities and creativity should be focused.		:The production of narratives offering alternatives to those presently circulating should be our immediate priority, and it is here that our thought, activities and creativity should be focused.

	:'''Stephen James''' writes in response:		::'''Stephen James''' writes in response:

	::In response to my editorial '''Intergenerational Sex: A Legal Proposal in Uncommon Sense''' #5, Stato says: ‘The production of narratives offering alternatives to those presently circulating should be our immediate priority, and it is here that our thought, activities and creativity should be focused.’ It seems that he is objecting to my editorial on the grounds that it does not fit in with this immediate priority. He also says that ‘notions such as "sex", "sexual abuse" and "consent" are discursive, affective formulations, which our cultural machines manufacture, reproduce, and revel in. Engaging with these hegemonic fabulations (as the legal proposals do) is to collaborate in their maintenance, to ''contribute'' to their perpetuation.’ But one of the advantages of my proposals is that they do ''not'' use terms like ‘sex’ or ‘sexual abuse’. The structures I envisage are intended purely as mechanisms for empowering individuals (of any age, incidentally) to end unwanted relationships. Even the notion of ‘consent’, as normally understood, is not needed. A person using this system will be someone who wants a relationship (in the broadest sense of the term) to end. The system need not enquire into whether that relationship has been, up to now, ‘consenting’. When Strato suggests that ‘our task is to refuse these constructions, and more importantly, to provide alternatives’, I could argue that as far as these legal proposals are concerned, this has already been done. Of course, the proposals were not intended as final or definitive, something which I made clear in the editorial.		:::In response to my editorial '''Intergenerational Sex: A Legal Proposal in Uncommon Sense''' #5, Stato says: ‘The production of narratives offering alternatives to those presently circulating should be our immediate priority, and it is here that our thought, activities and creativity should be focused.’ It seems that he is objecting to my editorial on the grounds that it does not fit in with this immediate priority. He also says that ‘notions such as "sex", "sexual abuse" and "consent" are discursive, affective formulations, which our cultural machines manufacture, reproduce, and revel in. Engaging with these hegemonic fabulations (as the legal proposals do) is to collaborate in their maintenance, to ''contribute'' to their perpetuation.’ But one of the advantages of my proposals is that they do ''not'' use terms like ‘sex’ or ‘sexual abuse’. The structures I envisage are intended purely as mechanisms for empowering individuals (of any age, incidentally) to end unwanted relationships. Even the notion of ‘consent’, as normally understood, is not needed. A person using this system will be someone who wants a relationship (in the broadest sense of the term) to end. The system need not enquire into whether that relationship has been, up to now, ‘consenting’. When Strato suggests that ‘our task is to refuse these constructions, and more importantly, to provide alternatives’, I could argue that as far as these legal proposals are concerned, this has already been done. Of course, the proposals were not intended as final or definitive, something which I made clear in the editorial.

	::If I understand him correctly, Strato has indeed correctly identified at least part of our immediate priority, which is to show how current attitudes and legislation oppress people attracted to minors. (This, I take it, is the purpose of producing ‘narratives offering alternatives to those presently circulating’.) At the same time, I don’t think that our activities should be ''limited'' to this, and for a simple reason. If people ask us ‘So what would you do about age of consent laws. Would you keep them or not?’ we need to have some kind of answer. We also need to be honest. ‘Antis’ who oppose projects like B4U-act, which seek rather limited changes to the status quo (on the grounds that these are achievable in the short run), tend to charge that those involved in these projects have a ‘hidden agenda’. In my case, I suppose they would be right, the agenda being to work towards a world in which all kinds of mutually desired relationships are free to develop without harmful interference from the state. (I hardly need add that this does not mean that my commitment to the short-term goals is in any way deceptive—these goals are also important in their own right.) In my view, we shouldn’t be in a great hurry to reveal this agenda to the ‘outside world’. When I post on outside boards, I don’t make ‘utopian’ proposals of this kind. However, when pressed, we should be honest about what we ultimately want and be prepared to defend it. But of course, first we need to decide what we do ultimately want, and I see my editorial as a contribution to this.		:::If I understand him correctly, Strato has indeed correctly identified at least part of our immediate priority, which is to show how current attitudes and legislation oppress people attracted to minors. (This, I take it, is the purpose of producing ‘narratives offering alternatives to those presently circulating’.) At the same time, I don’t think that our activities should be ''limited'' to this, and for a simple reason. If people ask us ‘So what would you do about age of consent laws. Would you keep them or not?’ we need to have some kind of answer. We also need to be honest. ‘Antis’ who oppose projects like B4U-act, which seek rather limited changes to the status quo (on the grounds that these are achievable in the short run), tend to charge that those involved in these projects have a ‘hidden agenda’. In my case, I suppose they would be right, the agenda being to work towards a world in which all kinds of mutually desired relationships are free to develop without harmful interference from the state. (I hardly need add that this does not mean that my commitment to the short-term goals is in any way deceptive—these goals are also important in their own right.) In my view, we shouldn’t be in a great hurry to reveal this agenda to the ‘outside world’. When I post on outside boards, I don’t make ‘utopian’ proposals of this kind. However, when pressed, we should be honest about what we ultimately want and be prepared to defend it. But of course, first we need to decide what we do ultimately want, and I see my editorial as a contribution to this.

	==On the forums==		==On the forums==

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	:The Newgon collective, along with other groupings and organizations, has potentially unlimited artistic and intellectual capacity for the creation and dissemination of new understandings of affective intersubjective connections. (Art, for instance, is particularly well-placed to disengage the apparent synchronicity of language and experiences, and thereby to dislodge affective responses and sensibilities. Moreover, current technology offers the means for its utilization and widespread propagation.)		:The Newgon collective, along with other groupings and organizations, has potentially unlimited artistic and intellectual capacity for the creation and dissemination of new understandings of affective intersubjective connections. (Art, for instance, is particularly well-placed to disengage the apparent synchronicity of language and experiences, and thereby to dislodge affective responses and sensibilities. Moreover, current technology offers the means for its utilization and widespread propagation.)
	:The production of narratives offering alternatives to those presently circulating should be our immediate priority, and it is here that our thought, activities and creativity should be focused.		:The production of narratives offering alternatives to those presently circulating should be our immediate priority, and it is here that our thought, activities and creativity should be focused.

			:'''Stephen James''' writes in response:

			::In response to my editorial '''Intergenerational Sex: A Legal Proposal in Uncommon Sense''' #5, Stato says: ‘The production of narratives offering alternatives to those presently circulating should be our immediate priority, and it is here that our thought, activities and creativity should be focused.’ It seems that he is objecting to my editorial on the grounds that it does not fit in with this immediate priority. He also says that ‘notions such as "sex", "sexual abuse" and "consent" are discursive, affective formulations, which our cultural machines manufacture, reproduce, and revel in. Engaging with these hegemonic fabulations (as the legal proposals do) is to collaborate in their maintenance, to ''contribute'' to their perpetuation.’ But one of the advantages of my proposals is that they do ''not'' use terms like ‘sex’ or ‘sexual abuse’. The structures I envisage are intended purely as mechanisms for empowering individuals (of any age, incidentally) to end unwanted relationships. Even the notion of ‘consent’, as normally understood, is not needed. A person using this system will be someone who wants a relationship (in the broadest sense of the term) to end. The system need not enquire into whether that relationship has been, up to now, ‘consenting’. When Strato suggests that ‘our task is to refuse these constructions, and more importantly, to provide alternatives’, I could argue that as far as these legal proposals are concerned, this has already been done. Of course, the proposals were not intended as final or definitive, something which I made clear in the editorial.

			::If I understand him correctly, Strato has indeed correctly identified at least part of our immediate priority, which is to show how current attitudes and legislation oppress people attracted to minors. (This, I take it, is the purpose of producing ‘narratives offering alternatives to those presently circulating’.) At the same time, I don’t think that our activities should be ''limited'' to this, and for a simple reason. If people ask us ‘So what would you do about age of consent laws. Would you keep them or not?’ we need to have some kind of answer. We also need to be honest. ‘Antis’ who oppose projects like B4U-act, which seek rather limited changes to the status quo (on the grounds that these are achievable in the short run), tend to charge that those involved in these projects have a ‘hidden agenda’. In my case, I suppose they would be right, the agenda being to work towards a world in which all kinds of mutually desired relationships are free to develop without harmful interference from the state. (I hardly need add that this does not mean that my commitment to the short-term goals is in any way deceptive—these goals are also important in their own right.) In my view, we shouldn’t be in a great hurry to reveal this agenda to the ‘outside world’. When I post on outside boards, I don’t make ‘utopian’ proposals of this kind. However, when pressed, we should be honest about what we ultimately want and be prepared to defend it. But of course, first we need to decide what we do ultimately want, and I see my editorial as a contribution to this.

	==On the forums==		==On the forums==

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	==This issue==		==This issue==

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	==This issue==		==This issue==

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	==Editorials==		==Editorials==

	===Intergenerational Sex: A Legal Proposal===		===Intergenerational Sex: A Legal Proposal===

	'''By Stephen James'''		'''By Stephen James'''

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	This final proposal, the one I advocate, involves placing the right of young people to engage in desired sexual acts as well as their right to reject unwanted sexual attention, firmly within a system of basic rights enforced by civil, rather than criminal, law. Here are the main principles:		This final proposal, the one I advocate, involves placing the right of young people to engage in desired sexual acts as well as their right to reject unwanted sexual attention, firmly within a system of basic rights enforced by civil, rather than criminal, law. Here are the main principles:
			#There are no legal restrictions whatsoever on mutually enjoyed sexual relationships for people of any age, except where there is infliction of violence or clear risk of harm, e.g., attempted intercourse with a very young child.
	* 1. There are no legal restrictions whatsoever on mutually enjoyed sexual relationships for people of any age, except where there is infliction of violence or clear risk of harm, e.g., attempted intercourse with a very young child.		#In relation to sexual contacts involving young people (whether with other youngsters or with adults) in which there is coercion falling short of violence or clear risk of harm, there is no involvement of the ''criminal'' law, but such young people can, if they wish, avail themselves of civil law injunctions against certain people attempting or continuing to associate with them.

	* 2. In relation to sexual contacts involving young people (whether with other youngsters or with adults) in which there is coercion falling short of violence or clear risk of harm, there is no involvement of the ''criminal'' law, but such young people can, if they wish, avail themselves of civil law injunctions against certain people attempting or continuing to associate with them.

	It is intended that the civil law provision under point 2 (which is an adaptation of an idea put forward by PIE some years ago—see Tom O’Carroll, ''[http://www.ipce.info/host/radicase/chap06.htm Paedophilia: The Radical Case]'') would be part of a system not exclusively geared towards ending unwanted sexual contacts. The idea is that a young person could obtain an injunction of this sort against an adult for any (non-frivolous) reason. And it could be taken out against ''any'' adult, even the young person’s parents. However, in the latter case, the injunction would not be automatic—there would have to be a hearing to establish that the desire of the young person to break off her relationship to the parent was seriously intended and ‘reasonable’. (In the case of children too young to express their wishes, a suitable neutral representative would be employed for that purpose.) In the case of an adult violating an injunction brought against him, some form of punishment would be necessary.		It is intended that the civil law provision under point 2 (which is an adaptation of an idea put forward by PIE some years ago—see Tom O’Carroll, ''[http://www.ipce.info/host/radicase/chap06.htm Paedophilia: The Radical Case]'') would be part of a system not exclusively geared towards ending unwanted sexual contacts. The idea is that a young person could obtain an injunction of this sort against an adult for any (non-frivolous) reason. And it could be taken out against ''any'' adult, even the young person’s parents. However, in the latter case, the injunction would not be automatic—there would have to be a hearing to establish that the desire of the young person to break off her relationship to the parent was seriously intended and ‘reasonable’. (In the case of children too young to express their wishes, a suitable neutral representative would be employed for that purpose.) In the case of an adult violating an injunction brought against him, some form of punishment would be necessary.
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	===An Exciting New Project in the Works===		===An Exciting New Project in the Works===

	'''By Pyro'''		'''By Pyro'''

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	==State of the movement==		==State of the movement==

	A change in the election laws in the Netherlands, has ment that the [[Partij voor Naastenliefde, Vrijheid & Diversiteit]] (PNVD) now stands a better chance at contesting the 2011 elections. In order to contest the 2011 elections, the PNVD requires 570 signatures of support, previously signatories had to provide their full name and address, under the new law they will only have to provide their surname and initials.		A change in the election laws in the Netherlands, has ment that the [[Partij voor Naastenliefde, Vrijheid & Diversiteit]] (PNVD) now stands a better chance at contesting the 2011 elections. In order to contest the 2011 elections, the PNVD requires 570 signatures of support, previously signatories had to provide their full name and address, under the new law they will only have to provide their surname and initials.

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	===Academia===		===Academia===

	[[Image:cellphone teen.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Teens texting nude images of themselves]]In their ''Teens and Sexting'' [http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Teens-and-Sexting.aspx?r=1 report], the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, in a 'nationally representative' survey of those ages 12-17 conducted on landline and cell phones, announced - among others statistics - that 4% of cell-owning teens ages 12-17 say they have sent sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images of themselves to someone else via text messaging. (Note that [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/12/20-of-teens-say-theyve-put-nude-pics-of-themselves-online.ars a year ago], a survey of 1,280 teenagers (age 13-19) conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com revealed that one out of five (20 percent) of teens have posted nude photos or video of themselves on the Internet.)		[[Image:cellphone teen.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Teens texting nude images of themselves]]In their ''Teens and Sexting'' [http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Teens-and-Sexting.aspx?r=1 report], the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, in a 'nationally representative' survey of those ages 12-17 conducted on landline and cell phones, announced - among others statistics - that 4% of cell-owning teens ages 12-17 say they have sent sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images of themselves to someone else via text messaging. (Note that [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/12/20-of-teens-say-theyve-put-nude-pics-of-themselves-online.ars a year ago], a survey of 1,280 teenagers (age 13-19) conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com revealed that one out of five (20 percent) of teens have posted nude photos or video of themselves on the Internet.)

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	===Newgon.com===		===Newgon.com===

	Since our last update, the Newgon forums have continued to grow and the future is looking brighter with the new artblog project on the horizon. As always we're looking for more volunteers to insert themselves into activism and involve themselves in our projects, so visit the forums and see what you can do today.		Since our last update, the Newgon forums have continued to grow and the future is looking brighter with the new artblog project on the horizon. As always we're looking for more volunteers to insert themselves into activism and involve themselves in our projects, so visit the forums and see what you can do today.

	==News Digest==		==News Digest==

	"Sex Offender" registries and laws have been much in the news in the US and UK, while the "harm" suffered by cartoon children is much lamented elsewhere in the world.		"Sex Offender" registries and laws have been much in the news in the US and UK, while the "harm" suffered by cartoon children is much lamented elsewhere in the world.

	===From the US - Individual freedom takes another step back===		===From the US - Individual freedom takes another step back===

	''[http://newgon.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=11 All stories]''		''[http://newgon.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=11 All stories]''

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	===From the UK - Hysteria on the rise in the United Kingdom ===		===From the UK - Hysteria on the rise in the United Kingdom ===

	''[http://newgon.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=12 All stories]''		''[http://newgon.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=12 All stories]''

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	===From around the world - Censoring anything because it may be child pornography===		===From around the world - Censoring anything because it may be child pornography===

	''[http://newgon.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=7 All stories]''		''[http://newgon.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=7 All stories]''

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	==Letters to the Editor==		==Letters to the Editor==

	'''Strato''' writes in response to Stephen James's editorial in this edition of ''Uncommon Sense'':		'''Strato''' writes in response to Stephen James's editorial in this edition of ''Uncommon Sense'':

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	==On the forums==		==On the forums==

	===[[BoyChat]]===		===[[BoyChat]]===

	Sincere tributes were [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1203994.htm paid] to long-term poster Bill Evans, who died on 21 January this year of a cancer-related illness.		Sincere tributes were [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1203994.htm paid] to long-term poster Bill Evans, who died on 21 January this year of a cancer-related illness.
	Diverse views were [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1195517.htm expressed] on the long-standing problematic of Age of Consent legislation, while much [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1203994.htm debate] arose over the question of the proposed changes to the DSM. Another controversial topic saw [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1202935.htm views] expressed by self-identifying BLs on gays and gay marriage. A visitor to BC [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1196307.htm canvassed opinions] on a CL "no-trade day", generating some discussion about activism, while Steve Diamond [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1200897.htm directed] posters' attention to an [http://www.petitiononline.com/vigi2010/petition.html online petition] calling for legislation to stop vigilante violence against "sex offenders".		Diverse views were [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1195517.htm expressed] on the long-standing problematic of Age of Consent legislation, while much [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1203994.htm debate] arose over the question of the proposed changes to the DSM. Another controversial topic saw [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1202935.htm views] expressed by self-identifying BLs on gays and gay marriage. A visitor to BC [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1196307.htm canvassed opinions] on a CL "no-trade day", generating some discussion about activism, while Steve Diamond [http://www.boychat.org/messages/1200897.htm directed] posters' attention to an [http://www.petitiononline.com/vigi2010/petition.html online petition] calling for legislation to stop vigilante violence against "sex offenders".

	==Links and recommended reading==		==Links and recommended reading==

	Marshall Burns, PhD: [http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c7_1245056884 'Look Who's a Sex Offender Now!'] critiques the US sex offender laws by providing numerous "heartbraking" examples of people placed on the US sex offender registry.		Marshall Burns, PhD: [http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c7_1245056884 'Look Who's a Sex Offender Now!'] critiques the US sex offender laws by providing numerous "heartbraking" examples of people placed on the US sex offender registry.

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	This project is scheduled to come online within the next few months and will be announced in our ''Uncommon Sense'' magazine.		This project is scheduled to come online within the next few months and will be announced in our ''Uncommon Sense'' magazine.

	To follow this project closer see [http://newgon.~~com~~/forum/ our forums] for more details.		To follow this project closer see [http://newgon.net/forum/ our forums] for more details.

	==State of the movement==		==State of the movement==
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	===From the US - Individual freedom takes another step back===		===From the US - Individual freedom takes another step back===
	''[http://newgon.~~com~~/forum/viewforum.php?id=11 All stories]''		''[http://newgon.net/forum/viewforum.php?id=11 All stories]''

	[[Image:Offender_support.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Sex Offender Registries in the news]]A top topic in the United States media has been expanding the sex offender registry, while at the same time there appears to be a growing number of articles criticizing the registry and its consequences. Also creating controversy are the lawsuits for financial restitution for children who were featured in child pornography.		[[Image:Offender_support.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Sex Offender Registries in the news]]A top topic in the United States media has been expanding the sex offender registry, while at the same time there appears to be a growing number of articles criticizing the registry and its consequences. Also creating controversy are the lawsuits for financial restitution for children who were featured in child pornography.
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	===From the UK - Hysteria on the rise in the United Kingdom ===		===From the UK - Hysteria on the rise in the United Kingdom ===
	''[http://newgon.~~com~~/forum/viewforum.php?id=12 All stories]''		''[http://newgon.net/forum/viewforum.php?id=12 All stories]''

	The past few months have seen a rise in the number of news articles in support of a publically-accessible sex offender registry, similar to that of the United States. These stories mixed in with the usual assortment of others about paranoia backfiring, which really make you realize why the UK is the hysteria capital of the world.		The past few months have seen a rise in the number of news articles in support of a publically-accessible sex offender registry, similar to that of the United States. These stories mixed in with the usual assortment of others about paranoia backfiring, which really make you realize why the UK is the hysteria capital of the world.
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	===From around the world - Censoring anything because it may be child pornography===		===From around the world - Censoring anything because it may be child pornography===
	''[http://newgon.~~com~~/forum/viewforum.php?id=7 All stories]''		''[http://newgon.net/forum/viewforum.php?id=7 All stories]''

	New laws are being imposed around the world to censor child pornography, at the same time the definition of child pornography is being broadened in places to include fictionalized stories and cartoons involving children and sex.		New laws are being imposed around the world to censor child pornography, at the same time the definition of child pornography is being broadened in places to include fictionalized stories and cartoons involving children and sex.