dontrip

Please be aware that some of us actually don't amass piles of erotica in our alone time, as if some sort of pornsick squirrel.

The most reliable way of not getting caught out storing dodgy images on your computer is to not procure them in the first place.

And, it's better for keeping a healthy and well-adjusted attitude towards sexual desire, rather than being trained on whatever pornographers want to you see. From an ethical point of view, not being complicit in the sexual abuse that is so rife in the porn industry is also a big plus.

No evidence to offer? Not even a scrap? Thought not. Shadowy conspiracy theory it is then.

Announcing what you desire to be true does not make it true.

Okay, so, where is your evidence of this?

> No, it would not. Odds are there is something on your hard disk right now that could be classified as child porn, if the accuser was motivated enough.

Speak for yourself, there's absolutely nothing in my files that could even marginally be classified as child pornography. I would think this is the same for most people.

With this guy, investigators found hundreds of thousands of photos and videos of child sexual abuse on his disks. And then he tried to defend himself by claiming it's a victimless crime.

I know people like a good conspiracy theory, especially if it involves the government, but this isn't it.

Agreed, and the other thing to keep in mind is that he leaked all this stuff because of a personal grievance, not to expose any sort of wrongdoing.

Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning had similarly corrupt motives, despite popular but misguided opinion that they are noble whistleblowers of government evil.

No need to invent a shadowy conspiracy theory here.

Some people really are just unrepentant pedophiles, and based on his own words, this guy is one of them.

There would have to be a lot of conspirators involved, that first decided to plant child pornography on this guy's encrypted hard disks and his laptop, and then somehow coerced him into defending himself with the proclamation that it's a 'victimless crime'.

Given how unlikely this is, it's almost certainly the case that he is a pedophile who has trafficked in child pornography with other pedophiles. I don't know about you, but my sympathy level for such people is approximately zero.

I was wondering exactly the same. There doesn't seem to be any independent corroboration of his claims either, which to me seems quite suspicious.

As far as I can see, there was no contrition from this guy for the crimes he committed. He even tried to defend his stash of horrific child pornography, claiming that it was a 'victimless crime', making himself out to be the victim instead. I think it's not out of the question that he would continue to fabricate such a world view to try to garner sympathy from others.