The rationale behind the downgrading of the crime to a misdemeanor included consideration for parents and teachers of children who download the content in order to inform law enforcement...

“A downgrade to a misdemeanor is also urgently required in order to be able to respond appropriately and with the necessary flexibility to the large proportion of juvenile offenders...

We have specific exceptions that we don't think should be penalized...so let's just throw everything out instead of writing in those specific exceptions! Genius!

"...Here, too, the perpetrators generally do not act in order to be sexually aroused by the child pornography content, but rather out of a drive typical of the adolescent stage of development, such as naivety, curiosity, thirst for adventure or the desire to impress.”

Where the fuck are these people getting their messaging from?! This one is so artificial and bullshit, yet I see it repeated ad nauseum whenever they try to push this shit. Do any of you know anyone who's ever downloaded CP to be edgy and brag about it to show off?! I've never, ever, ever seen that, yet they want to act like a huge chunk of people in possession of CP just did it for fun, not for the CP. "Desire to impress" my ass. Disingenuous fucks.

However, despite acknowledging such circumstances, the bill has not made certain exceptions, but rather downgrades possession of child pornography altogether – a fact that has not gone unnoticed by pro-pedophile campaigners.

Yup, that's the core of the issue.