Author of How-To Guide for Pedophilia Arrested
The man behind a controversial book considered a “how-to” guide for pedophiles was arrested in Colorado, officials in Florida said Monday.
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Greaves and his book, “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct,” gained national attention earlier this year after Amazon.com defended selling the book on its website despite angry comments and threats of boycotts from thousands of users.
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Judd said he was frustrated that Greaves’ book was protected under freedom of speech laws, even though it was created “specifically to teach people how to sexually molest and rape children.”
Freedom of Speech in the United States is really a funny concept: we have the freedom to say or print anything we want, as long as it does not infringe upon the rights of others. In this sense, producing child pornography is illegal, even if no children were involved. It counts even if the image of the child has been drawn or computer generated.
These pornography laws, for some reason, do not include literary depictions of sex acts, despite the very definition of pornography:
por·nog·ra·phy - n
obscene writings, drawings, photographs, or like, esp. those having little or no artistic merit.
But that really shouldn’t give anyone the right to depict children in that manner. It certainly shouldn’t give someone the right to encourage others to break the law.
According to the Supreme Court case Brandenburg v. Ohio, it is illegal to advocate unlawful activity. It seems to me that writing a guide instructing people to commit rape is exactly that.
I don’t understand how this went as far as it did. This man needs serious counseling. I can’t even believe that people are so greedy that they would actually sell this book, understanding its content.
I, myself, am a great enemy of censorship, but I also believe that your rights stop where mine begin. This man has infringed upon the rights of minors across the country, and he has broken the law. I just hope this mess can be cleared up before anyone follows the book’s instructions.
