Author John Grisham Doesn't Think Kiddie Porn Should Be A Crime

http://jezebel.com/john-grisham-viewing-child-porn-isnt-really-that-bad-1646869812

Jezebel- "We have prisons now filled with guys my age. Sixty-year-old white men in prison who've never harmed anybody, would never touch a child," he said in an exclusive interview to promote his latest novel Gray Mountain which is published next week.

"But they got online one night and started surfing around, probably had too much to drink or whatever, and pushed the wrong buttons, went too far and got into child porn."



​What? You've never come home after 5 too many drinks, fired up the MacBook and gotten lost in the depths of the internet. Maybe woken up with stained boxer shorts and a 16 year old naked girl on the screen. I thought that was commonplace. People make mistakes, right?

All seriousness,  did someone ask him a question about child pornography or did he just have to get this off his chest? Not really a good look for him. I mean, he wasn't being questioned on kiddie porn charges, why bring it up? Kind of like waving an unnecessary red flag. Someone check this guy's search history immediately.That's one of those things where you just keep your mouth shut if you know your opinion differs from basically EVERYONE else. The person interviewing him must have been like 'he's not gonna say…is he?….can't be…and there it is'. 

This whole topic kind of reminds me of the Desean Jackson gang affiliation story this past summer. Was Desean guilty of being an actual gang member? Probably not. However, if you throw up gang signs on national TV, and name your rap label after a gang slogan than people are probably going to get a little suspicious. He was definitely guilty of acting like a gang member. Is every creepy old fuck that watches underage girls on the internet a pedophile? No, but it's better safe than sorry. They are definitely guilty of doing pedophile things. Not one of those instances where you can blame the alcohol. 'I get drunk and watch kids have sex' isn't a socially or judicially acceptable response. 

P.S. This quote, "pushed the wrong buttons, went too far and got into child porn", is certified platinum. The classic old man response. 'I don't know how these things work, I just hit the wrong button'.