Originally Posted by
allegro
It is NOT, nor has it ever been, a slippery slope when it comes to certain crimes. No, if you film a robbery you are not committing a crime because the act of robbery is defined by statute and further defined by case law and none of it relates to filming (especially since physical contact must be involved). But, child porn, yes; if you film somebody ELSE filming child porn, you are committing the same crime as the criminal, as defined by the statute. Period. So don't film it; call the police so the activity can be stopped. And anything related to cruelty to animals, including the animal pornography of any kind (including the filming of the torture of cruelty to animals) all falls under the same statute. Unless the statute is murky, in which case the statute needs to be clarified to include any and all cruelty to animals, including but not limited to: [insert every kind of cruelty to animals, here, including torturing animals and filming it and animal pornography].