> I would assume that most people agree that people should not be punished unless they have done anything wrong. I still don't see what people looking at child pornography have done that is wrong. You may say that they encourage making child pornography by looking at it, but is *indirectly encouraging* something illegal really doing something wrong? If it is, you're going to have to start arresting a whole lot more people.

If you disagree that looking at child pornography is wrong, then, as I noted, there is nothing more I can say to you on the issue.

My take on it is that
a. looking at child pornography is wrong
and
b. criminalizing the viewing of child pornography will reduce its production to some degree.

Therefore, I can say that because of practical point B, it would be practical to criminalize the viewing of child pornography, because I think that reducing its production is a good end. I do not think that something should be criminalized for only practical reasons, however; that would be unjust. But, because I also believe point A, that it is wrong to look at child pornography full stop, combining the points together forces me to desire the criminalization of both the production and the viewing of child pornography. You do not agree with point A, and so, I cannot expect you to agree with my conclusion.

Frum