When 'terrorism' loses its potency as an excuse for absolutely anything, the natural rhythm is for 'child pornography' to assume that function. Mind you, while certain carte blanche excuses never lose their persuasive powers completely, for instance "or the terrorists win," "in this economy?" or "It's all for the kids," they can become dated to the extent they mark out certain periods in the sweep of history. For instance, you hardly ever see anyone excuse themselves by citing "McGovern '72" any more…
When 'terrorism' loses its potency as an excuse for absolutely anything, the natural rhythm is for 'child pornography' to assume that function. Mind you, while certain carte blanche excuses never lose their persuasive powers completely, for instance "or the terrorists win," "in this economy?" or "It's all for the kids," they can become dated to the extent they mark out certain periods in the sweep of history. For instance, you hardly ever see anyone excuse themselves by citing "McGovern '72" any more…
Hmmm. So I guess the ultimate evil is a child-pornographing Russian terrorist? They're probably saving that one for a really big mishap.
I think you've anticipated a solid, near future perfect-excuse boogeyman: "You know, like on the Dark Web…"