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   From: veritas@truth.com   
      
   Libertarians do not support child prostitution, and there is nothing in   
   that article that says they do.   
   Child pornography produced without the use of children (e.g., by   
   computer-generated images) does not hurt or infringe on the rights of   
   anyone.  Even the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized as much. We may find   
   it disgusting, but things are not banned on that basis.   
      
   Mel Fury wrote:   
   >   Foul, Subversive AntiAmerican Libertarian Perverts Endorse Child   
   >   Prostitution.   
   >   Is Kiddie Porn Next?   
   >   1994 National Platform of the Libertarian Party   
   >   We oppose all laws that empower government officials to seize children   
   >   and make them  "wards of the  state" or, by means  of child labor laws   
   >   and compulsory education,  to infringe on  their freedom  to  work  or   
   >   learn as they  choose.  We oppose  all legally created  or  sanctioned   
   >   discrimination against (or  in favor of)  children, just as we  oppose   
   >   government discrimination directed  at any other  artificially defined   
   >   sub-category of human  beings.  Specifically we oppose ordinances that   
   >   outlaw adults-only apartment housing.   
   >   We also support  the repeal of  all laws establishing any  category of   
   >   crimes applicable to  children for which adults would not be similarly   
   >   vulnerable, such as  curfew, smoking, and alcoholic beverage laws, and   
   >   other status offenses.   Similarly, we favor  the repeal of  "stubborn   
   >   child" laws and  laws establishing the category of "persons in need of   
   >   supervision." We call  for an end  to the practice in  many states  of   
   >   jailing children not  accused of any crime.  We seek the repeal of all   
   >   "children's codes" or  statutes which abridge  due process protections   
   >   for young people.   We further favor  the abolition  of  the  juvenile   
   >   court system, so  that juveniles will  be held fully  responsible  for   
   >   their crimes.   
   >   ...   
   >   Children should always  have the right  to establish their maturity by   
   >   assuming administration and  protection of their  own  rights,  ending   
   >   dependency upon their  parents or other guardians and assuming all the   
   >   responsibilities of adulthood.   
      
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