Remember To Declare Your Porn At The Airport
October 19, 2010 No Comments
Border guards in Australia have been shown naked self-portraits and pictures from peoples’ honeymoons in confusion over what they mean when asking to declare pornography.
The Australian Sex Party has been fighting to change the airport customs cards for a while and now what used to ask for a declaration of pornography now asks for “illegal pornography.”
This means child pornography, bestiality, “explicit sexual violence, degradation, cruelty and non-consensual sex.”
Porn was added to the customs card in 2009 “after a rise in detections of child abuse material and material that had not been classified or had been refused classification.”
But illegal porn is still not defined and people will probably still end up declaring things that are legal, personal, and embarrassing.
Frankly, I’ve never understood these customs cards.
They are based on the honour system, which is fine, but do you really think pedophiles are a) going to carry it in their hand luggage or b) declare it to the border guards?
I’m pretty sure pedophiles know they are doing something illegal and asking them to declare it on the airport form really isn’t going to change their behaviour. Any attempt to stop them is good, but this certainly isn’t going to do it.
