Alethia - Let me make myself very clear. 100% child porn is child abuse. I phrased my words very poorly, I was responding based on the article's phrasing..... "An assistant U.S. attorney asked for a long term of supervision due to comments Weed made about how close he'd come to sexually abusing a child."  Thank you for allowing me to clarify. You are 100% correct. Child porn is most definitely child abuse. Just because he "personally" didn't actually sexually abuse the child. My initial point was you can't trust a criminal, I'll bet he has sexually abused a child, if not, it's only a matter of time.