Dude I'm not bashing anyone. :shame: Just saying I've seen the habit get worse and worse over time. The link I provided showed one person's personal porn collection over the past 3 years increase from 50 to 500. (or 480ish - something like that). Just so the mods know, there was no porn at that link; nor was there illegal trading or anything.
And besides, addiction is just a degree of dependence; if you really wanted to disprove dependence on porn you'd have no choice but to remove it entirely from your life - if you can't, or won't do that it indicates addiction. Just remember, you said addiction, not me.
Oh and by the way it's very difficult to ever prosecute anyone for child porn. Although (according to Australian Law) any form of porn which portrays the participants as being less than 18 (even if they are actually older than 18) is illegal, without positive ID it can be impossible to prove age. Also, you cannot show the images/videos to a jury; because of the graphic nature. Because of this Jury members have to rely on the testimony of forensic teams - without "seeing" any evidence themselves.
And as you have to prove it beyond reasonable doubt, it's very, very rarely drawn to a successful prosecution. This is the whole truth of the situation, and I know none of us like to hear it; and I'm sure law enforcement agencies all over the world wish that the public not become aware - but I'm sorry it is like that.
The situation may be more resolved in countries where you are guilty until proven innocent (and in said countries more of the guilty are successfully prosecuted - and surprising not so much more of the innocent). Citizens don't like the idea though, of guilty until proven innocent. But with a 98ish% prosecution rate (of all criminal cases) it does work (and for those who think that rate is "too high" just remember very rarely is an innocent person actually put on trial). I'm not saying we should adopt it; just observing certainly in cases like this Justice is much easier to obtain.
