Protection of the Children Act (reintroduced and renamed)

[Gabu]

At the request of Sen. MAS117, the following act is hereby reintroduced:

Anti-Opebo Act

Definitions:

Child - Any person 16 years old or under.

Child Pornography - Pornographic images, and film that display graphic scenes of a sexual nature with children.

Section 1 - All pornography containing children is hereby banned.

Section 2 - Any person found in possession of child pornography will serve a minimum of 5-15 years and will be fined $100,000. The sentence length depends on co-operation with the police, identification of accomplices, and identification of victems.

Section 3 - Any person found distributing child pornography will serve a minimum of 10-20 years and will be fined $150,000. The sentence length depends on co-operation with the police, identification of accomplices, purchasers and identification of victems.

Section 4 - Any person found producing (in any way making child pornography, filming, photographing, producing, directing) will serve 15-25 years and will be fined $200,000. The sentence length depends on co-operation with the police, identification of accomplices, purchasers and identification of victims.

Section 5 - Psychological aid will be provided for children who are abused.

Section 6 - It is the responsibility of the FBI to track down and arrest those running pornographic websites including children within Atlasia, and pass the appropriate information onto authorities in other nations pretaining to their own domestic pedophiles.

Section 7 - $20,000,000 will be appropriated to the FBI for the investigation and prosecution of those possessing, producing and distributing child pornography. $5,000,000 will be appropriated to a fund to pay for the therapy of families unable to afford therapy to abused children.

Section 8 - Any person found videotaping anyone performing sexual acts without their expressed written or oral consent will serve 5-10 years and will be fined $100,000. This does not apply to children engaging in this act.

Section 9 - Anyone over the age of 18 performing sexual acts with anyone defined as a child will face standard rape charges, as defined by the region, and depending on involvement in the creation of the pornography, may be found guilty on other charges outlined in sections 1-4.

Minor cosmetic and grammatical changes added by me.

I hereby open debate on this bill.

[MAS117]

I wish to amend this to read that a child is classifed as someone under 18 years old.

However it should be legal to purchase the material at age 16.

[Gabu]

I wish to amend this to read that a child is classifed as someone under 18 years old.

However it should be legal to purchase the material at age 16.

Amendment made.

[Sam Spade]

I would like to add that act be amended so that it will also be known as the "Anti-Opebo Act".

[Gabu]

I would like to add that act be amended so that it will also be known as the "Anti-Opebo Act".

Hah... well, okay.

Please don't totally revamp the bill, though; the point of this reintroduction service is to put forth bills that were missed, not to put forth new bills.  Minor changes are okay, but I'd rather it be kept to a minimum.

[Reaganfan]

I support this bill, except maybe raise the amount of the fines if they laws are broken.

[Sam Spade]

I support this bill, except maybe raise the amount of the fines if they laws are broken.

What would you rather have the fines be, Senator Naso?  Specifics, please.

[Siege40]

YAY! My legislation lives!!! Don't raise the fines. They're huge already.

Siege

[Nym90]

I support this overall.

I'd prefer to see an age of 16 rather than 18, as 16 is generally the age of consent for sex and thus I feel should be for pornography, too.

[Gabu]

I'd prefer to see an age of 16 rather than 18, as 16 is generally the age of consent for sex and thus I feel should be for pornography, too.

Maybe we should put the age to a vote, like an amendment.

[Colin]

I support this bill though I am inclined to agree with Mr. Nyman in that the age stated in this bill should be lowered to 16 since that is the age of consent for sexual activity.

[Gabu]

Okay, since there appears not to be consensus, I'll put the age to a vote, given that it's basically like an amendment:

All senators in favor of having it 16, say "16"; all in favor of having it 18, say "18".  All in favor of some other number, I guess you can say that number as well.

[Sam Spade]

Senators, the age of consent varies from state to state, fwiw.

Here's a link with the list:

http://www.geocities.com/ninure/age_of_consent_usa.html

[Colin]

16

[Sam Spade]

18

[Nym90]

Senators, the age of consent varies from state to state, fwiw.

Here's a link with the list:

http://www.geocities.com/ninure/age_of_consent_usa.html

Kind of interesting that conservative South Carolina has the lowest age of consent of any state in the nation, at 14.

[The Dowager Mod]

Buncha pervs.

[Gabu]

16.

C'mon, guys, let's vote on this thing so we can get on to the full vote.

[Platypus]

16.

Section 9 is odd, here, however. if it stays at 18, Section 9 needs modification. If it is amended to 16, then keep it otherwise as is, I'd say.

[WMS]

OK, 16. Let's get moving on this...if the !@#$%^& Connection Problems will let me, anyway.

[Sam Spade]

Bumping.  We have an amendment here that still needs to voted on by 4 senators.

[Nym90]

16.

[Gabu]

By my count, we need one more "16" (or five more "18s", I guess) to get on with things.

[MAS117]

18

[Sam Spade]

Bumping.  We have an amendment here that still needs to voted on by 2 senators (Naso and Supersoulty).