Glee actor indicted for child pornography

[judiz]

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/mark-salling-child-porn-glee-1201784653/

 

[Sylvia]

http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...k-salling-indicted-child-porn-charges-n581891

[Mark] Salling, 33, was charged with receiving child pornography and possessing child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California. Salling played the role of Noah "Puck" Puckerman on the hit FOX television series "Glee."Salling was arrested by Los Angeles police in December, but had not been charged federally. <snip> ...
Salling through his attorney agreed to surrender June 3 and is expected to be arraigned then, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Each of the two charges carries up to 20 years in prison.

ETA: These article headlines should probably read "‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling Indicted for Receiving (or Possessing) Child Pornography".

 

[Cachoo]

I think of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" when I read this. What is wrong with people??? And if this is something biological that one is born with then let's find a way to fix it. Gene splicing/alteration? How can you find a way for people to cease finding children sexually attractive? That is so messed up. With all of the advances in science there has to be a way to curb this. I feel so sorry for the children who have been victimized by this.

 

[gkelly]

And if this is something biological that one is born with then let's find a way to fix it. Gene splicing/alteration? How can you find a way for people to cease finding children sexually attractive? That is so messed up. With all of the advances in science there has to be a way to curb this. I feel so sorry for the children who have been victimized by this.

A couple articles that address the issue, including some discussion of why there hasn't been enough research and program development to help people with these attractions avoid acting on them (the longer one was linked in the Interesting Articles thread here a while ago):

http://jezebel.com/how-do-doctors-help-a-self-identified-pedophile-1620007026

https://medium.com/matter/youre-16-...o-hurt-anyone-what-do-you-do-now-e11ce4b88bdb

 

[DAngel]

https://medium.com/matter/youre-16-...o-hurt-anyone-what-do-you-do-now-e11ce4b88bdb

He told me he only feels an erotic pull to girls aged seven to 12, and that for two-to-six-year-olds it’s more of a protective, almost brotherly instinct.

Yes, because obviously the difference between a 6 year-old and a 7 year-old is like heaven and earth. What about a 6.5 or 6.75 year-old?

He is currently studying child development, and substitute teaches part-time for a pre-kindergarten program. [...] Long-term maybe this is a bad idea, but in the moment, right now where I’m at, I’m fine.”

No. Just No.

And nothing can actually be done about this??

 

[MacMadame]

When I saw the first headline, this is what I said to myself. "Who's Mark Salling? I bet it's the actor who played Puck."

(Puck was creepy IMO so I'm guessing that's why I had that reaction.)

I do think that people who "just" download child porn think that they are better than people who have sex with kids. Because they just look. What they don't seem to understand is that a real child is in that picture and therefore has been exploited.

There is a school of thought that the way to deal with this is to make child pornography with CGI. Therefore, no real kids are involved. Not sure what I think about that.

 

[taf2002]

When I saw the first headline, this is what I said to myself. "Who's Mark Salling? I bet it's the actor who played Puck."

(Puck was creepy IMO so I'm guessing that's why I had that reaction.)

I do think that people who "just" download child porn think that they are better than people who have sex with kids. Because they just look. What they don't seem to understand is that a real child is in that picture and therefore has been exploited.

There is a school of thought that the way to deal with this is to make child pornography with CGI. Therefore, no real kids are involved. Not sure what I think about that.

WTH is CGI?

 

[chantilly]

I'm not sure that Salling didn't engage sexually with underage girls.
A couple of years ago his girlfriend was 18 or 19 years old.
As for CGI which is computer generated imagery it's an interesting idea or approach in terms of eliminating the need for real children, But then wouldn't it just encourage the pathology.
But I think the real point should be about finding out why it stimulates them and try and retrain the brain.

 

[barbk]

There is a school of thought that the way to deal with this is to make child pornography with CGI. Therefore, no real kids are involved. Not sure what I think about that.

There are plenty of murder mysteries out there, and I'm not sure that stopped serial killers. The idea of CGI child pornography is still very unsettling to me.

 

[MacMadame]

As for CGI which is computer generated imagery it's an interesting idea or approach in terms of eliminating the need for real children, But then wouldn't it just encourage the pathology.
But I think the real point should be about finding out why it stimulates them and try and retrain the brain.

There are plenty of murder mysteries out there, and I'm not sure that stopped serial killers. The idea of CGI child pornography is still very unsettling to me.

I find it unsettling as well. But I find child pornography unsettling so just having it be animation isn't going to change that for me.

I think the question is whether or not it gives people an outlet so they don't hurt real people or if it just encourages them and is a gateway to engaging with real children. If it's the former, then have at it. Just don't show it to me.

 

[Nomad]

I can't even begin to say how sorry I was to come across this thread.

 

[Japanfan]

There is a school of thought that the way to deal with this is to make child pornography with CGI. Therefore, no real kids are involved. Not sure what I think about that.

To me animation is a tacit endorsement, and there would be no limitation to its easy proliferation, which would only fuel the appetites of child porn users even more.

I think the question is whether or not it gives people an outlet so they don't hurt real people or if it just encourages them and is a gateway to engaging with real children. If it's the former, then have at it. Just don't show it to me.

Even if real children don't get hurt, the practice of engaging with child porn could have other negative consequences.

 

[4rkidz]

My experience working with perpetrators is often they "choose" children as victims because they are easier victims an more power over them to groom etc as opposed to a sexual attraction, Suggesting that sexual violence against children is more about the violence an power than sex. A few decades ago as part of my undergrad in social work we researched sexual offenders from the Penitentiary where penile testing was done an this confirmed that many sex offenders of children were not attracted to the children but chose them as easy victims.. Today in my work I also find a lot of perpetrators who were also victims as children... I just wish more resources were put into research an services for this..

 

[MacMadame]

the practice of engaging with child porn could have other negative consequences.

Such as?