I don't think anyone is arguing that the people perpetrating the abuse shouldn't be punished. The question is whether viewing images of the crime should be illegal, and if so, what about images of other crimes? You can go on any number of shock and gore sites right now and view pics and videos of kids getting run over by cars, shot, shit like that. Should that be illegal? I'm sure there are sick fucks in this world who jerk of that shit, and while I personally find it disgusting, I don't think I would want to get into the game of banning "everything that disgusts me". Now you have to be internally consistent about it. Either cp should be legal or depictions of these kinds of harm done to (clothed) children should be illegal. Or if the current laws are sufficient, why? What is the difference?