not a shred of compassion for the victims?

Damn dood if this is real you sound extremely selfish. Sure, maybe the dream team of psychologists got a few things twisted, but the argument that child porn is a victimless crime as long as mobsters aren't kidnapping people and forcing them at gunpoint to create porn makes very little sense. The obvious point comes to mind: how do you know that the victims weren't kidnapped or that there isn't a gunman next to the cameraman enforcing compliance? Downloading anonymous porn is like buying bootleg tvs out of the back of a van at the 7-11. It may make you feel better to imagine that the product isn't a result of violent crime, but if you don't verify and check then obviously you don't care and those associated crimes are in a way your fault. But even for the child porn that isn't created at mobster request is still a product of organized crime. Even on the dark web someone is paying for that bandwith. The hosts have to be getting paid in banner ads or taking donations or something. But even if the child porn is produced by people with no connection to organized crime, it's still nonconsensual, similar to revenge porn. Little children don't know any better than to play show off with their friends, but their little minds don't conceive of the consequences. Sharing private intimate pictures is a betrayal of friendship and if it's adult doing it to a child that's a form of child molestation, aka RAPE. Thousands of kids getting raped all over the world and rather than show any kind of remorse for that harm you caused, you prefer to quibble with the sex workshop staff. The real punishment of jail is not being inside, is being on the outside, with a record, moneyless, friendless, jobless, houseless, oportunitiesless and bitter. Wow, sounds terrible. Hopefully you find a way to get better and get some help with your thinking errors. Maybe if you had paid better attention in the workshop instead of arguing, you'd have an easier time getting all of your needs met. The world is full of recovery programs, both faith based and nonreligious. You sound like your life is a wreck for now, but it doesn't have to stay that way. Good luck!