It did not stop anything. It just made it worse. He dismissed suggestions that Mr. Sharpe should not be punished for his writings because they are products of his mind, not the exploitation of a specific child. Mr. Gordon dismissed Judge Southin's comments on society's views of child pornography. I submit not, because children, like homosexuals, deserve dignity, privacy, autonomy of body.
Child pornography is antithetical to the rights of children.
Judge Southin also said she was troubled by Canada's antipornography law because it treats teenagers in the same way as children who are 8 or 10. Mr. Sharpe, accompanied by a friend, sat in the centre of the public gallery during the appeal proceedings, occasionally taking notes on a legal pad. He said outside the courtroom he felt he was doing a public service by challenging the law. It's a bad law. Although Mr. Sharpe represented himself in the lower court, he has a lawyer who will make a submission today to the panel.