I read the law Pinkie, that law is simple, I like simple laws, however it is not specificic enough and more importantly as such a potential for misuse as to outweigh any good it may do. I also have a fundmental objection to new laws simply because we have too many of them as is now. That objection is not my primary one. My primary objection is that THIS law, which you want me to support, regulates speech. Thats the way I read it. It scares the bloody hell out me, to think that members of congress think it is constitutional. It is not.
Why is it that children are absolved of their cupability in these situtations? Why are they on the internet unsupervised in the first place? ALL of my familiy makes sure to supervise internet usage and has time logged password access and filtering software and monitoring software to review what sites were visited, not to mention the computer be it a laptop in most cases is located in the living rooms or dens of the houses. Mental domination? Really? What I have to say about that is unprintable. Children with unsupervised cameras? Really? You think stupid cant come out that combo? Live sex shows? Unsupervised internet access for a nine year old, that will end well, yep. You know what I notice with all of these examples? Lack of supervision. Children being children, WILL do stupid things, it what children do. It is ineveitable. If their parents dont realize this, those poor children are screwed. Yes I know parents cant be everywhere, nor would I expect them to be. The cases you presented are very preventable.
Like I said there are evil mother****ers out there. There is no way we will be able to find or lock all of them up. That said it is incumbant upon the parents to teach their child right and wrong and strength in the face of evil. There is no way to expect them to perform perfectly, they are children they have little experiance at life. All we can do is hope they can recognise the situation they are in and do what they need to to do. That lack of experiance makes them vunerable to predetors with decades on them.
This law is knee jerk. It is NOT sound.