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Author of 'Pedophile's Guide' Arrested on Obscenity Charges

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The Colorado man who sparked a firestorm of controversy with his self-published "pedophile's guide" on Amazon has been arrested on obscenity charges.

And I hope that bastard never gets out of prison. The how-to book on molesting children sparked a firestorm that got the book pulled from Amazon.com, and now he is in jail. There is no telling how much damage his publishing that book caused, or how many child molesters may have used it as a guide to fulfilling their own sick, perverted fantasies.

May this punk never get out of prison, and may an inmate named "Bubba the Booty Bandit" have his way with him each and every day the punk is still alive.

Article is here.
 
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And I hope that bastard never gets out of prison. The how-to book on molesting children sparked a firestorm that got the book pulled from Amazon.com, and now he is in jail. There is no telling how much damage his publishing that book caused, or how many child molesters may have used it as a guide to fulfilling their own sick, perverted fantasies.

May this punk never get out of prison, and may an inmate named "Bubba the Booty Bandit" have his way with him each and every day the punk is still alive.

Article is here.

¨Obscenity charges¨ are just an excuse for censorship. What REAL law has this guy broken, aside from publishing some **** that people disliked?
 
¨Obscenity charges¨ are just an excuse for censorship. What REAL law has this guy broken, aside from publishing some **** that people disliked?

It wasn't just some material that people disliked. It was a how-to guide for pedophiles, ie. how to ruin a child's life forever in order to get sick sexual satisfaction from being a predator and raping a child. And yes, there are real laws that outlaw material which contributes to the molestation of children, as there should be. The sicko was busted because of the obscenity law, and I hope he never sees the light of day again. Why? Because teaching molesters how to rape children IS obscene.

Good law!!
 
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Not having read the book I can only go on what I have read about it and it seems it is mainly giving advice to pedophiles on how to abide by the law but still satisfy their desires. I cannot see why that should be illegal. Apparently he wrote it because he was himself as a child engaging in sexual encounters with older people and dismisses the idea that it was abuse.
 
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As I'm from a country that doesn't have freedom of speech, I see no problem with this, lock the bastard up.
 
Apparently freedom of speech goes right out the window when it comes to being on the wrong side of public opinion on emotionally-charged issues.

This isn't merely being on the wrong side of public opinion on an emotionally-charged issue. This is being on the wrong side of the law.

When embeciles can't see the difference between an issue of free speech and one's right to teach others how to molest children, it's time to pack it in.
 
The problem with obscenity laws is that they are, by their nature, vague and open to interpretation.

The law should not be vague and open to interpretation.

Laws which are vague and open to interpretation put defendants at the mercy of a prosecutor's discretion and the moral outrage of 12 random strangers.
 
This isn't merely being on the wrong side of public opinion on an emotionally-charged issue. This is being on the wrong side of the law.

When embeciles can't see the difference between an issue of free speech and one's right to teach others how to molest children, it's time to pack it in.

OK, suppose that the guy had wrote a book telling people what areas of a city they could visit if they wanted to find a prostitute...or how to behave if the police find your stash of pot. Off with his head? :roll:

I'm curious as to what you mean by "teaching others how to molest children." That's rather vague. What exactly did he write about that you think warrants a prison sentence?
 
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The problem with obscenity laws is that they are, by their nature, vague and open to interpretation.

The law should not be vague and open to interpretation.

Laws which are vague and open to interpretation put defendants at the mercy of a prosecutor's discretion and the moral outrage of 12 random strangers.

Apparently Florida's obscenity laws are not that vague.

"I thought the book was outrageous," Judd said. "That someone would pen a how-to manifesto to sexually batter very young children." He said Florida has a very clear obscenity statute prohibiting the depiction of children engaged in sexual conduct and two real-life stories in Greaves' book violated that statute.

Now to everyone else:

I actually find this disgusting. All of you are supporting this book being sold due to free speech and yet you get highly offended (enough to say that he should be shot) when someone tries to force transparency upon our government through leaks...what they hell is wrong with you people?
 
My God; People defending a pig under first amendment rights, yet want Muslims Americans - who have done nothing - removed from the country for their beliefs, in violation of the first amendment. WTF?

As a sexually abused male child at the ripe old age of 11, I can honestly tell you I have no sympathy for anyone defending this. You're doing what the Vatican did, destroying countless lives in the process. You're doing what is now being done in countless Christian churches across this nation: exploiting the weak for you own perverse sexual pleasures because "you're the man!" And yes, for all you fundies who know it but refuse to see it, you're the biggest perverts of the bunch, demanding submission from your women and children.

What is wrong with people?
 
OK, suppose that the guy had wrote a book telling people what areas of a city they could visit if they wanted to find a prostitute...or how to behave if the police find your stash of pot. Off with his head? :roll:

I'm curious as to what you mean by "teaching others how to molest children." That's rather vague. What exactly did he write about that you think warrants a prison sentence?

Suppose he did? But he didn't, did he? He wrote about destroying a child's life for the rest of that child's life.
 
OK, suppose that the guy had wrote a book telling people what areas of a city they could visit if they wanted to find a prostitute...or how to behave if the police find your stash of pot. Off with his head? :roll:

I'm curious as to what you mean by "teaching others how to molest children." That's rather vague. What exactly did he write about that you think warrants a prison sentence?

What if it were the Taliban telling people how to successfully commit terrorist acts and build bombs?
 
Apparently freedom of speech goes right out the window when it comes to being on the wrong side of public opinion on emotionally-charged issues.

Emotionally charged... maybe you'd feel differently if you were molested or raped as a child, or one of your kids were
 
Apparently Florida's obscenity laws are not that vague.

The problem I've been having is locating the particular statute being referenced. Florida has an array of them, more than one of which could theoretically applied, and all of which are vague.

I actually find this disgusting. All of you are supporting this book being sold due to free speech and yet you get highly offended (enough to say that he should be shot) when someone tries to force transparency upon our government through leaks...

"Not I," said the little red hen.
 
What if it were the Taliban telling people how to successfully commit terrorist acts and build bombs?

If memory serves, I'm there are plenty of publicly available works out there that do just that, they just aren't phrased that directly.
 
Now to everyone else:

I actually find this disgusting. All of you are supporting this book being sold due to free speech and yet you get highly offended (enough to say that he should be shot) when someone tries to force transparency upon our government through leaks...what they hell is wrong with you people?

I am not one of those people as I have defended Assange.

Emotionally charged... maybe you'd feel differently if you were molested or raped as a child, or one of your kids were

This book is reportedly, again have not read it so I cannot say for certain, explaining how pedophiles can satisfy their desires without engaging in sex. Interestingly the author has stated himself that he had sex at a very early age, in one instance it was mentioned that he had oral sex at seven with an older woman.
 
What if it were the Taliban telling people how to successfully commit terrorist acts and build bombs?

Is he actually telling people HOW to molest children? I mean, I would think that anyone so inclined could probably figure that out for themselves. Or is he telling them how to react if they are caught? If that is the case, then your analogy is flawed.
 
I actually find this disgusting. All of you are supporting this book being sold due to free speech and yet you get highly offended (enough to say that he should be shot) when someone tries to force transparency upon our government through leaks...what they hell is wrong with you people?

Exposing state secrets = a crime that is illegal for good reason
Writing about objectionable topics and informing people of their own rights = freedom of speech
 
Emotionally charged... maybe you'd feel differently if you were molested or raped as a child, or one of your kids were

I rest my case. You don't even make an ATTEMPT at a rational argument, you just go straight for the emotion. :roll:
 
And I hope that bastard never gets out of prison. The how-to book on molesting children sparked a firestorm that got the book pulled from Amazon.com, and now he is in jail. There is no telling how much damage his publishing that book caused, or how many child molesters may have used it as a guide to fulfilling their own sick, perverted fantasies.

May this punk never get out of prison, and may an inmate named "Bubba the Booty Bandit" have his way with him each and every day the punk is still alive.

Article is here.

I don't know. We have things like the Anarchists Cookbook and the Poor Man's James Bond which have all sorts of illegal thing in them. Yet are they not still legal to make and distribute? How is this any different? Other than having attached an emotional outlet to this particular information? I think it's crap to have him arrested because I can't imagine it having been done for anything other than emotional argument. And those with nothing more than emotional argument should not be listened to.
 
My God; People defending a pig under first amendment rights, yet want Muslims Americans - who have done nothing - removed from the country for their beliefs, in violation of the first amendment. WTF?

As a sexually abused male child at the ripe old age of 11, I can honestly tell you I have no sympathy for anyone defending this. You're doing what the Vatican did, destroying countless lives in the process. You're doing what is now being done in countless Christian churches across this nation: exploiting the weak for you own perverse sexual pleasures because "you're the man!" And yes, for all you fundies who know it but refuse to see it, you're the biggest perverts of the bunch, demanding submission from your women and children.

What is wrong with people?

freedom sucks man, what else is there to say?
 
Is he actually telling people HOW to molest children? I mean, I would think that anyone so inclined could probably figure that out for themselves. Or is he telling them how to react if they are caught? If that is the case, then your analogy is flawed.

(CNN) — The man behind a controversial book considered a “how-to” guide for pedophiles was arrested in Colorado, officials in Florida said Monday.

You cannot engage or depict children in a harmful relationship,” said Polk County, Florida, Sheriff Grady Judd as he described the Florida obscenity statute that officials used to charge Phillip Greaves with distribution of obscene material depicting minors engaged in harmful conduct.

The full title of the book is “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct."

“He actually provided a how-to guide to commit sexual battery against children,” according to Judd, who said he was shocked and mortified by specific examples and illustrations using 9- and 13-year-old boys.

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.”

“There may be nothing that the other 49 states can do, but there is something that the state of Florida can do … to make sure we prosecute Philip Greaves for his manifesto,” Judd said.

Officials said the book talked about safe sex and avoiding injury to children, grooming and preparing children for sex, and teaching children how to lie to their parents.

Judd said Greaves’ book outlined a “code of ethics” that showed pedophiles how to look for the most vulnerable children.

Man who wrote 'how-to' for pedophiles arrested - CNN

The man is sick... Usually childhood survivors of rape and molestation have a difficult time coping with not telling sooner or not telling at all, they tend to believe that their lack of telling gives their abuser the chance to abuse more. No victims want their abuser to abuse more or hurt other kids..

The fact that people are defending this book is disgusting. He is clearly telling pedos how to abuse and how to manipulate the children and make them compliant... If this man has abused and conditioned his victims and is writing a how-to-guide on it, further exploiting his victims and abuse, and making money on it... then he is just further damaging those children. It's f**king sick and indefensible..
 
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