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icebraining on Feb 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reddit: a necessary change in policy

The law is concise but absolutely subjective. How do you objectively determine "whether the visual depiction is intended or designed to elicit a sexual response in the viewer" or "whether the child is depicted (...) in inappropriate attire, considering the age of the child" ?

Czarnian on Feb 13, 2012 [–]

It's called the Reasonable Person Doctrine. Look it up.

feralchimp on Feb 13, 2012 | [–]

While the Doctrine can be looked up, a reliable definition for Reasonable Person cannot. Concise != objective and static.

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