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Article: Pornography: Formula for Despair.
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- Catholic Insight
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- June 1, 2001
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On January 26 of this year, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the country's law against child pornography was constitutional; i.e., not opposed to the Charter of Rights. Viewing child pornography online, for example, is illegal under this legislation.
There is a body of water in Eastern Canada that has the improbable name of "Lake Despair". This sinister appellation is an accident of language. The French originally called it Lac d'espoir (Lake of Hope). English-speaking settlers in the region, accustomed to hearing only their own language, misperceived its name. And so it became known, culturally and cartographically, as Lake Despair. This type of ...