I cannot be clear enough. I do not wish to impose costs (i.e. harm) upon any person without damn good reason. I want a safe world where people, especially children can explore, grow and have fun in comfort and safety. If I ever have hurt I should make reparations.
I wish to compare the crime to which I pleaded guilty in April 2020 and the costs (i.e. harm), with driving. I am not counting personal offence; that rests in people’s heads, and if people are offended by concepts, those costs are merely a construct of the mind, like getting stiff about people using certain words, not wearing a hijab, performing witchcraft, supporting Celtic or being Jewish. Haters gotta hate. The first question is the exception. I will ask the question, and in the following three columns give either a YES or NO answer. These answers, for the sake of simplicity, are ‘generally’. There will no doubt be exceptions to the rule. I can only speak for my own offence and ones very similar too it. My offence was ‘making indecent images of children’. According to the forensic report (Comissioned by the police) I had never accessed those images for the 20 months they had been on a hard drive. I want to imagine. Say I did exactly the same thing again. Transferred 9 image files off some drive, saved them to another drive and never looked at them. Say I looked at them every day?? What would the damge be compared to driving perfectly legally, and driving illegally?, for example speeding or having worn tyres. Please think about it.
| A comparison of electronic storing of images with driving | 9 Pictures | Driving | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legally | Illegally | ||
| Is one racked with guilt? | Yes | No | No |
| Does one injure/kill others? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one produce dangerous carbon monoxide? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one produce dangerous volatile organic compounds? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one produce dangerous sulphur oxides? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one produce dangerous nitrogen oxides? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one produce dangerous particulates? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one add to the catastrophic levels of Carbon Dioxide? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Is one noisy? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one create damaging vibration? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Are wars fought to support the activity? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does the activity increase the risk of spreading infections? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does the activity demand several square metres of public space? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does the activity induce public expenditure on building and maintaining infrastructure? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does the activity kill animals? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does the activity kill plants? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one force people to modify their behaviour? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one result in epidemic health problems through exercise reduction? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one trash sites of historical, ecological value? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one create congestion, ergo time loss and associated stress? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one facilitate crime? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Can you cripple a person for several months before they die without ever recovering and then be short listed for BBC Sports Personality Of the Year? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Is the activity cool with people, ergo, Are normal relationships maintained with family, friends and associates? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one make rich people richer? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one make poor people poorer? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does one get subsidised | No | Yes | Yes |
| Are minor infractions tolerated | No | Yes | Yes |
| Is one able to continue a normal productive life after activity | No | Yes | Yes |
| Is the activity encouraged | No | Yes | Meh |
Jeez, I'm sorry, but four years into this stupid thing and it seems like the zealots are not going to give up.