When the time comes that mere words and ideas are considered "dangerous," and the State feels the need to "protect" any segment of the population from these "dangerous" words and ideas, then we are truly headed towards a police state. Invoking the "protect the children" line of thought is usually a fool-proof, challenge free method for any corrupt, anti-democratic politician for getting Draconian legislation of any sort passed. Who in public office would dare challenge any type of legislation that was backed up by an alleged "protect the children" purpose (even if the legislation in question clearly had nothing to do with protecting children and everything to do with censorship of unpopular speech and ideas, and further encroachment on the civil rights of society in general, or to harrass MAAs in particular)? Not any politician that had a hope for re-election in these paranoid times, or who would hope to avoid being labeled "soft on child abuse" by their opponents, that's for sure. Just who is it that the children--and society in general--truly need to be protected from? Pedophiles and hebephiles, or the State gestapo?