美教授提倡兒童色情業合法化遭炮轟

A charity has hit out at proposals to legalise child pornography in a bid to cut the number of child sex abuse cases. The proposal, by Professor Milton DiaMond from the University of Hawaii, follows a study which shows that child sex crimes fell when child pornography was legalised in the Czech Republic. But child protection charity NSPCC today said the idea was 'wrong'.
　　近日，一項以降低兒童性虐案件數量爲目的，提倡兒童色情影片合法化的建議遭到輿論一致質疑。據悉，這項建議是由美國夏威夷大學教授Milton Diamond 經過研究後指出的，他說：“在捷克，兒童色情業得到法律的承認。有數據顯示，那裏的兒童性犯罪率因此下降。”與此相對，英國全國防止虐待兒童學會稱兒童色情業合法化能保護兒童權益完全是胡說八道。

Pornography was strictly prohibited in the Czech Republic between 1948 and 1989. The ban was lifted with the country's transition to democracy and, by 1990, the availability and ownership of sexually explicit materials rose dramatically. Even the possession of child pornography was not a criminal offence. Results from the Czech Republic showed that rape and other sex crimes have not increased following the legalisation and wide availability of pornography. Most significantly, the incidence of child sex abuse has fallen considerably since 1989, when child pornography became readily accessible – a phenomenon also seen in Denmark and Japan.

據悉，捷克共和國在1948年到1989年曾經對猖獗的色情業發出警告，而隨着捷克的民主化進程發展，“改革的春風”也把色情業吹進了國內，1990後捷克的色情業如雨後春筍般蓬勃興起。不得不承認，有數據確實顯示，捷克國內的犯罪數量並未曾因爲該國色情業合法化而迅速增長。而更讓人奇怪的是，1989年後兒童性虐案件的確呈遞減的趨勢，這一現象還在丹麥和日本得到證實。

Chris Cloke, the charity's NSPCC head of child protection awareness, said: 'This obscene type of material has no part to play in our society. 'Many children suffer atrocious abuse in the making of indecent images. 'To make it legal, would suggest that inappropriate behaviour and violence towards children is acceptable. It never is and it would be quite wrong to make it legal.'

英國全國防止虐待兒童學會的主管Chris Cloke對通過這些數據使色情業合法化的舉動十分憤慨，他說：“社會絕不能容忍‘兒童色情業合法化’以任何形式出現，這個口子一旦打開，後果將不堪設想。讓人誤解法律一定程度上會鼓勵針對兒童發生‘不適當’行爲。”

Vocabulary：

NSPCC abbr. 英國全國防止虐待兒童學會（National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children）

proposals n. 建議書（Proposal的複數）；求婚

obscene adj. 淫穢的；猥褻的；可憎的

prohibited v. 禁止，被禁止的（prohibite的過去分詞形式）