Where are these child porn sites that everyone here is talking about?

A few months ago, a group of friends and I were having a discussion about the best way to combat child molestation. My point was that child molestation exists, and has ALWAYS existed, irrespective of whether child pornography exists ... my point being that child pornography doesn't cause people to molest children, but that sexual interest in children causes child pornography. In other words, if someone is interested in children sexually, that interest is there anyway.

Someone then said that child pornography sites were now all banned and blocked. I didn't believe her. She insisted it was true. So, we all (7 of us) gathered around a computer, and then attempted to locate a child pornography website. The 7 of us tried for nearly an hour and were 100% unsuccessful.

The moral of this story is that if someone successfully watches child pornography on the internet, then they must have EXTREMELY advanced insider knowledge of where to go and what to do. It would, based on our experience, be near impossible to "accidentally" or "innocently" access child pornography on the internet.

PS: We however did learn about some disgusting websites that are not "hard" pornography sites, that use children. These sites go only "so far" and thus seemingly avoid the legal ramifications. Personally, if I had the power, the owners of such websites would be instantly jailed for a minimum of 20 years. They are perverts, deserving no sympathy. But they obviously work the legal loopholes, and are currently getting away with it.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/scouts-ignored-complaints-about-paedophile-20121016-27p4z.html
I offer the link to put two thoughts, make it three.
First it talks about pedophilia in the Scouts not just here but in very big numbers in America.
Once again availability of contact with kids brings the wrong folk.
Second the inability of those in charge to act, maybe believe it could be happening.
Great numbers of parents have refused to believe their own child, leaving them to suffer again.
Priest,s, Police, no part of society is not represented, but eve3dence clearly, says close exposure to kids is a magnet for some.

Belly, you are absolutely right the pedophile looks for opportunity to be around children. He could be a school teacher or a footy coach. Often outwardly putting forward rightest conservative views on the subject whilst being on the lookout for opportunity. I find these kinds of people shameful.

“My flirtations with children soon acquired an erotic character … On several occasions certain kids (5-8 years of age) would open my fly and start to stroke me. I reacted differently according to circumstances, but their desire posed a problem for me. I asked them: 'Why don't you play together? Why have you chosen me, and not the other kids?' But if they insisted, I caressed them still. … The problem with liberals is that they only tried to recognize sexuality in then, whereas I was aiming at this sexuality. (Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Le Grand Bazar, 1975).

As much as abhorrent are pedophiles (and perhaps even more those who covered them), they inherently knew what they were doing was wrong - they certainly would not think of boasting about it (thus indirectly vindicating, if not encouraging, others who were thus afflicted).

The French-German Daniel Cohn Bendit (certainly not a Catholic) is currently a respectable EU parliamentarian, co-president of the group European Greens–European Free Alliance, and except perhaps for the extremist Le Pen Party nobody seems to hold his self-confessed pedophile (though non-violent) past against him.

It's my opinion that probably 95% or so of males, in these modern times, are quite easily capable of various types of pedophile activity.

In any society where pedophile sexual activity has been permitted (eg. underage marriage and many other activities) , and there's been hundreds of such societies/cultures throughout the pages of history, the VAST majority if adult men have willingly and gleefully participated in this pedophilia.

So let's not moralize too much, and "pretend" that most men don't have pedophilia inclinations. Most men have little trouble controlling their urges in this matter when strong legal restrictions are in place. I suspect that MANY of the men moralizing against pedophilia in modern, civilized times would themselves be doing some version of what they're complaining about .... if it was legal and socially/culturally acceptable, as indeed it has been in many societies and cultures throughout history.

Sometimes, anti pedophilia activity is used as a political/social/cultural weapon against a person or group of people.

There's no doubt that pedophilia is evil, and it's clear from a simple look at history's pages that it's very much a part of male DNA.

A human race without men would be a MUCH more peaceful and moral society ... not perfect BUT much better. If only it was biologically possible. With scientific advance, it may very well be possible one day to 100% artificially manufacture sperm.

'This is just as logical as your statement.'

Not so Paul. If nobody is buying the images, nobody is contributing to a market.

You might as well say if you view a picture of a poverty stricken village, you have created that poverty.

'So let's not moralize too much, and "pretend" that most men don't have pedophilia inclinations.'

That's just BS, I hope not a self justification. Pedophilia is the attraction to non-sexually mature persons.

Now if you said men have an attraction to developed 14yo girls I could understand, but I don't think it's at all widespread for men to be attracted to 6 year olds.