{"id":2250157,"date":"2024-05-22T08:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/germanys-decriminalization-of-child-porn-reminds-us-why-we-need-societal-taboos\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T08:34:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:34:04","slug":"germanys-decriminalization-of-child-porn-reminds-us-why-we-need-societal-taboos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/germanys-decriminalization-of-child-porn-reminds-us-why-we-need-societal-taboos\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s Decision on Child Porn Reminds Us of the Importance of Societal Boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgermanys-decriminalization-of-child-porn-reminds-us-why-we-need-societal-taboos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2250157&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The German parliament&#8217;s decision to decriminalize child \u2062pornography sparked controversy as it downgraded penalties, citing \u2062flexibility in handling juvenile offenses. Pro-pedophile\u2063 groups applauded the move, viewing \u200canti-porn laws \u200das outdated taboos. \u2063Critics raised\u2062 concerns over consent-driven laws leading to the erosion of \u200dsocietal norms, exemplified by \u200cDieter Gieseking&#8217;s advocacy for a lower age of consent.\u200d This \u2062shift challenges traditional age-of-consent laws and parental decision-making autonomy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>There was an instructional news item this week that helps explain the collapse of Western civilization we see all around us these days. The German parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/reduxx.info\/pro-pedophile-activist-group-celebrates-as-germany-decriminalizes-child-porn-possession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted to decriminalize the possession of child pornography<\/a>, downgrading it from a felony to a misdemeanor offense and reducing minimum sentences for possession and distribution. <\/p>\n<p>German lawmakers justified their action by arguing that decriminalization gave \u201cnecessary flexibility\u201d to deal with the \u201clarge proportion of juvenile offenders,\u201d and would also protect parents and teachers who discover child porn on the devices of young people and pass them on to the relevant authorities. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-299654661\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5c7e6cdf99818b9b735492473d5447cd fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5c7e6cdf99818b9b735492473d5447cd\"><\/div>\n<p>But as critics rightly noted, instead of creating exceptions in the law to deal with these kind of contingencies, German lawmakers downgraded <em>all<\/em> possession and distribution of child porn \u2014 a move that was cheered by pro-pedophile advocacy groups. The members of these groups believe anti-child porn laws, and indeed all legal prohibitions on pedophilia, are nothing more than antiquated taboos that society must discard in the name of personal autonomy and self-determination. One such group, Krumme-13 or simply K13, praised the vote but bemoaned the fact that no politician had yet \u201capologized to the thousands upon thousands of those affected who fell victim\u201d to the now-defunct criminal laws prohibiting possession and distribution of child porn.<\/p>\n<p>Why is this happening in a supposedly enlightened Western nation like Germany? It\u2019s not a mystery. Indeed, German lawmakers are simply applying the same twisted rationale of consent that American lawmakers have been applying to other hot-button issues for years. From gay marriage to so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doj-warns-states-ags-feds-back-gender-affirming-care-rights-for-transgender-children\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s DOJ Warns States\u2019 AGs: Feds Back \u2019Gender-Affirming Care\u2019 Rights for \u2018Transgender\u2019 Children\u00a0\">-called \u201cgender-affirming care<\/a>,\u201d consent has been the rationale for the removal of one societal taboo after another. So long as all parties freely consent, goes the thinking, there\u2019s almost nothing that can be justly prohibited by law.<\/p>\n<p>So says Dieter Gieseking, the founder of K13 and a man who has been charged multiple times over the years on possession of child porn charges. In a 2014 interview, he called for the lowering of the age of consent to 12 and said that sexual relations between adults and small children should be \u201cdiscussed separately.\u201d Setting the age of consent at 12, Gieseking explained, is \u201clong overdue in today\u2019s enlightened society.\u201d Why? Because sometimes boys and girls \u201ctake the initiative in a friendly and sexual relationship with a pedosexual. Therefore, there is a need for sexual criminal law reform that does justice to everyone involved.\u201d A decade later, Gieseking has gotten his wish.<\/p>\n<p>According to this corrupted way of thinking, nothing more than consent is required for a sexual relationship to have legitimacy. The logic goes like this: Because minors are autonomous persons with human rights, any restriction on activities to which they consent is unjust. Sexual self-determination in particular means there is no legitimate basis for laws that criminalize pedophilia or child porn \u2014 so long as the children in question give their consent. On the exact same basis, laws prohibiting minors from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-people-speaking-out-after-reversing-their-transgender-therapy\/\" title=\"5 People Speaking Out After Reversing Their Transgender Therapy\">taking puberty blockers<\/a> or cross-sex hormones, or getting irreversible surgeries that leave them mutilated or sterile, are also considered unjust.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-39ff05e5dd1060bd85fe1c2d50133c8d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-39ff05e5dd1060bd85fe1c2d50133c8d\"><\/div>\n<p>This is of course not just morally insane, it\u2019s also profoundly disingenuous. The reason for age-of-consent laws \u2014 about anything \u2014 is that society recognizes there are entire categories of activities to which children and minors are incapable of giving consent. They aren\u2019t mature enough to understand the implications or consequences of a decision, and we have traditionally codified that reality in law. That\u2019s why parents routinely make decisions on their children\u2019s behalf. It\u2019s also one of the reasons children can\u2019t get tattoos or buy alcohol, among many other things. This isn\u2019t hard to understand, and indeed there\u2019s a broad societal consensus around the basic claim that children can\u2019t consent to certain things or make certain decisions on their own behalf.<\/p>\n<p>But if we say, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californias-pro-trans-child-custody-bill-is-pure-emotional-blackmail\/\" title=\"California's bill on child custody for transgender individuals is manipulative emotional coercion.\">pro-trans ideologues<\/a> do, that children can indeed consent to puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones or irreversible surgeries, then on what basis can we argue against the pro-pedophile crowd that children cannot consent to sexual relations with an adult? We can\u2019t \u2014 and increasingly, we won\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, understand the recent discourse around \u201cchildren\u2019s rights\u201d for what it is: a deliberate attempt to undermine not just the family and parental authority but also our longstanding societal consensus that children are not autonomous and cannot make decisions for themselves. When politicians on the left invoke \u201cchildren\u2019s rights\u201d over and against the rights of parents, as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RebelNewsOnline\/status\/1755679990530863380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one Canadian lawmaker did recently<\/a> in reference to a bill that would require parental approval for \u201cgender-affirming care,\u201d it\u2019s almost always in the service of a radical social agenda intent on tearing down sexual taboos.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-pedophile activists and their allies in academia are upfront about this. \u201cThe taboo of pedophilia must finally be broken at all levels of society,\u201d Gieseking once said. \u201cIf a pedophile can come out without fear of exclusion or even demonization, then this is the best prevention against child abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-55b98c5498b10735f2fc03f47c59614b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-55b98c5498b10735f2fc03f47c59614b\"><\/div>\n<p>But taboos and exclusion and shaming exist for a reason. They discourage predatory and pathological behavior, and they protect vulnerable members of society, like children. Tearing down taboos, especially sexual taboos, serves a single purpose: to encourage that which was once forbidden. In Germany\u2019s case, the decriminalization of child porn will predictably lead to the proliferation of child porn, the purveyors and consumers of which will increasingly be seen in a sympathetic light and eventually accepted by the mainstream without judgment.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the same for us here in America. If we want to stop this, we have to bring back taboos. If we don\u2019t, we should expect the exact same arguments that were deployed to justify gay marriage and transgender ideology to be deployed in the service of pedophilia. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a6ba2fb7310c77c7cf8e1a6c6e5d84b7 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a6ba2fb7310c77c7cf8e1a6c6e5d84b7\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s news highlighted the decline of Western civilization. The German parliament voted to decriminalize possession of child pornography, reducing penalties. 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