Material can be anything.
And, if you’re trying to authorize law enforcement to arrest and prosecute, you want the broadest definitions possible.
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Devial@discuss.online 4 days agoMaterial can be anything. It can be images, videos theoretically even audio recordings.
Images is a relevant and sensible distinction. And judging by the downvotes you’re collecting, the majority of people disagree with you.
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bobzer@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
You’re right. It can be images, that’s exactly why saying “this man was found in possession of child abuse material images” does not make grammatical sense. It’s why CP still defines it better as we’re not arresting people for owning copies of Lolita, which you could argue is also CSAM.
The majority of people can be wrong.
Devial@discuss.online 4 days ago
Big “Ben Shapiro ranting about renewable energies because of the first law of thermodynamics” energy right here.
No they can’t, not with regards to linguistics. Words and language, by definition, and convention of every serious linguist in the world, mean what the majority of people think them to mean. That’s how language works.
bobzer@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
“I’m mad you’re right so let me compare you to a hateful right wing grifter and also by the way, you’re wrong because all my friends say so.”
It may shock you but a handful of Lemmy users doesn’t constitute the linguistic consensus you’re trying to inherit here.
Devial@discuss.online 4 days ago
I’m not comparing you to Ben Shapiro, I’m comparing your grammar nazi pedantism to a single specific instance of someone else’s grammar nazi pedantism.
I also gave several explicit reasons why using CP over CSAM is idiotic, not just “my friends say so”
But hey, if you want to be like that sure.
You’re right, everyone else is wrong, you do you and keep using CP instead of CSAM, and keep getting irrationally upset and angry at people who think CSAM is a better term. Happy now ?