Fractelle writes

'Finally, the goods news is: Bill Henson has probably expanded his fan base to people who were not aware of his work at all.'

Sick people attract sick admirers. No doubt you are right. Every deviant in Australia will know where anything goes in the name of 'art'.

If you believe children are mindless zombies you are really insulting children and treating them like animals, which I think is damaging for their self esteem and self image and alienating them from older generations, and potential role models.

If you cared about children, runner, you would not indoctrinate them with your religion and you should be totally against threatening them with damnation if they didn't believe you.

Religion is the real crime against children, doubly so if they are raped on holy ground and in the care of god's chosen representatives.

runner: << Every deviant in Australia will know where anything goes in the name of 'art'. >>

As it happens, I know quite a few artists personally. They do tend to be interesting characters, but I have to say that none express ideas as "deviant" as those expressed by runner and those of his ilk.

Paul.L: << If you want to see pictures of naked children, you have kids, take your own. >>

Does that mean I have to throw out my art books, not to mention our print of "Chloe"?

I truly feel sorry for those poor repressed souls who are frightened of not only their own bodies, but also those of others. They truly need to 'grow up', in a Freudian sense.

fractile makes-a likely delusional [and legally wrong-statement]
''On-Henson-being-charged-as-pornographer - doubt-very-much-that-he will-be-for-the-following reasons:

The childrens'-consent was-informed-and-parental-consent-also-provided ''...

response
Children can-not give informed-concent
[thus we-have a legal-age of-consent]

Parents have a duty-of-care
[if they can-be-found in deriliction of their parental-DUTIES ,we have laws that can-be enforced FOR THE CHILDRENS OWN-protection

just as we have laws against solicitation ,
and living off the earnings

[and have any one of hundreds of laws designed to protect the innocent or gullable from those who would prey upon the moral innocrence of minours ,by giving them the impression that its all just fine [just kosher]
[when clearly it isnt, its clear and present danger]

i hope he taped the-concent, when he live taped his photography session ,it-will-be-proof-of-collusion.

why do docter's [so-trusted] need a nurse present ?,
yet a perveyor of mild porn can do it alone
[and if-not alone then prove-it

[knowing lying to protect a criminal act is guilt by assosiation
[Thus gets the same puntitive-punishment

[considering the free-publicity he has gotten his press better give the same-time to his-conviction

No doudt the pervets who 'procured and produced the photo's will at his trial bring in many 'good and ''upstanding'' citizens who will testify to his ';'good character''

[is it not strange how many with this type of trial expose them selves to standup for perverts [last one i heard of got 40 good and true to speak on his behalf [he still went to jail]

no doudt this trial will flush out [expose a few more in this web that preys upon the innocent

giving them little information upon which to base their 'concent' ,to satisfy perverts sick titilation's]

why-am-i so-upset [cause it happend to me]

[this perversion is just that]

pervets needing their latest fetish satisfied
[in whatever-way they can ,

preferably via trained innocents thinking they have to concent
[to get their parental recognition]

then the 'do gooders' step out of their shadows ,defending WHAT?
freedom to pervert innocence

[how many beauty contestants get forced to resign for doing such photo's ?]
[informed concent [BULLSSSHHIIITTT>

Shhh! Don't mention Chloe, or the morality police will be breaking down the door of Young and Jackson's! Like the Mohammed cartoons, issues like this are dormant for years until religious nutters start feeling starved of moral outrage.