Snickers Kiss Trumps News Of Child Ponography Bust!

The FBI is investigating 600 suspects in an online child pornography ring. A vigilant technician at a file hosting service in Austria alerted authorities to suspicious materials and recorded the IP addresses of those downloading from the site. This young man is a hero! This goes without saying, he had the presence of mind to gather evidence against the users. My hat’s off to him.
What this demonstrates is how one person can make a difference in the fight against online child pornography. But, what it also demonstrates is that the fight against child pornography is far from won. And it seems every time a major bust takes down a site another one springs up to replace it.
I don’t understand child molesters (I do not use the term pedophile it is too polite) and I am not going to delve into their psyches here. I am not an armchair psychologist. I am writing this blog entry to bring it to other people’s attention.
All too often, the subject of child pornography is brushed over by the press, a 30 second blurb on CNN or Fox, followed by a 10 minute in depth look at Britney Spears and Kevin Federline’s break up. Americans and people around the world have a duty to be as vigilant as the young man in Austria was. People should donate to organizations such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. However, we also have a duty to admonish the media for its lack of coverage on the subject.
Take for example, today’s news of the Austrian bust, it was brushed over by CNN, but the “snickers kiss” controversy has been covered ad nauseam. Who cares? So, some homosexuals were offended---what does not offend the homosexual community? I am not against gays, I watched Will and Grace with my wife all the time, thought it was great!
However, child pornography is a much bigger issue than a segment of the gay community being angered by some damn commercial.
So, what can we do? Well, I am emailing CNN to tell them how little I care about “the snickers kiss” and how concerned I am as a parent about child pornography. Therefore, I ask everyone that reads this entry today to take the time to email CNN and other news outlets and insist more time be given to this issue. More coverage might not stamp out the scourge of child pornography lurking in cyberspace but it will certainly put more pressure on those who distribute, manufacture, and download this filth.