As I said above; Yeah, as I said, as far as I was aware it hadn't caught on in the west but I haven't looked for it so am probably making an assumption there. I hadn't realised how popular it is in west as I hadn't specifically looked for it.
But Okay! I guess, if you are too dense to grasp subtle points John

There are subtle points and there are shallow points that are cryptic clues. Unfortunately, yours, in general, fall into the second category, Druid. Maybe fewer emoticons and more sensible input to threads would be better. I know you are capable of it.
What right do we assume to have to assert any kind of ban on some other country other than our own.

Then why didn't you say so in the first place? It's a difficult tightrope to walk, I agree and pointed it out as an option in the opening post. Maybe we should just butt out of it politically, but it doesn't mean we can't discuss it.

However, I do wish to make it clear that I am not saying "if we ban that, then all else will be banned", I am saying that if we ban it, then we need to make sure there is a clear reason, and show that this in fact is causing the abuse, rather than merely reflecting a rather poor ideal of a society.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't depictions of child porn - even in pixel or cartoon form already banned? I believe it is, at least in California, since there was a big argument on SL (which is based there) about whether to ban it. The decision was made by them, I believe, by the courts who banned it. I also believe it is already banned in the UK, I'll have to check that, it may be done on an ad hoc basis. I know there were certainly moves within Parliament to do so.


Anyone caught with drawings or computer-generated images of child sexual abuse will face up to three years in prison under new Government proposals that have been announced.

Ministers want to make owning the material illegal to close a loophole which allows paedophiles to dodge justice by turning real photographs or videos of abuse into drawings or cartoons.

Justice minister Maria Eagle said the move was not intended to curb creativity or freedom of expression but to tackle images which had "no place in society".
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/cartoonstyle-child-sex-abuse-images-banned-as-mps-close-paedophile-loophole-6816284.html

That was in 2008.