This man does not deserve imprisonment.
No he shouldn't be in prison, but neither would I want him to work in a primary school, and definitely not one a child from my family attended!
Why? I would say I (that since most people don't want to possess graphic child images, let alone get sexual gratification from looking at them) that
although they are cartoons, there is a much higher chance (than normal) that this man is (in the wrong situation) open to child abuse.
But there is higher chance normal that black people will commit crimes. Come to think of it there is an even "higher chance than normal" that people
released from prison will go on to commit further crimes. So should the state go round imprisoning you-others for having "a higher chance" than
normal, of being a threat?
In my view it should only be done by the state, in anticipation of (a soon to be scheduled) successful, state prosecution, by a public jury, against
the individual.
Just as with homosexuality you don't choose to be a paedophile.
A better analogy is to say: "just like with schizophrenia, you don't choose to be a paedophile." Because paedophilia is (just like BDSM) a sexual
Paraphilia:
en.wikipedia.org... this means it's an acquired sexual taste, as opposed to one that is more biologically based.
Because it's aquired from your life experiences, this means looking at child images can make the paedophilia urges stronger, and that's one of the
reasons why child sex images are illegal. Otherwise all that would be needed is a stockpile of legal child porn, to stop the creation of new child
porn. And so I'm sorry to all the "creativity fans" but I don't mind living in a society where sharing these images is illegal, and I acknowledge
that is a lot more easier said than done.
Also many gay guys have far more of the female hormones than the average man would (opposite for lesbians). Many families that have had a history of
homosexually, seem to have a higher chance of it reoccurring (although "a gay gene" has proved illusive, it's thought to be more of a combination
of genetic characteristics that causes homosexually (in at least a high portion of all homosexuals). So it's unfair to equate paedophilia with
homosexually, as it seems homosexually tends to have a strong biological basis, rather than just merely just a strong psychological one.