The firmest basis for laws against Child porn is that children are unable to give informed consent or contract legally. Since no children were actually used in the creation of these disgusting images, it's hard to see how this law will stand.
I think it would be a good time for Whorley to have a massive heart attack or step in front of a bus but the law seems weak to me.
The firmest basis for laws against Child porn is that children are unable to give informed consent or contract legally. Since no children were actually used in the creation of these disgusting images, it's hard to see how this law will stand. While your rationale is sound, it is not the only one used when various governments form their child pornography laws.
In Canada not only are depictions of sex with 'simulated' children, which includes anime, considered child porn, but even text - stories of sex with or between children is also.