I knew there was a reason I usually only post in the morning... I'm not a "night person". Sorry for being unclear.
Child pornography is disgusting and exploitative and yes, it exists. What I should have said is that it's unnecessary to use children or minors to produce pornography targeted at the mainstream, because there are plenty of legally aged people willing to participate.
We don't say to adults that they can't have sex because it would be inappropriate for children to have sex. In the same way, I think it's appropriate to have laws which say that adults can participate in and consume pornography, but that children mustn't be involved.
Lot's of stuff is uncessary but it stil l happens.
Child por exists and is made and people do go to the trouble of exploiting both children & adults to create por whether we like it or not, and whether you suggest in your post that they don't cause there is so much existing amateur porn out there ???????
Anyway, I better get of this topic before more of my obviously offensive replies suggesting that minors can and do get exploited and hur by adults get deleted again