RE: Life Is Short; Have an Affair
August 26, 2015 at 10:52 am
(This post was last modified: August 26, 2015 at 10:58 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(August 26, 2015 at 8:30 am)thesummerqueen Wrote:(August 25, 2015 at 4:59 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: If you're using the argument that it can't be genetic because otherwise his dad would be a molester too, then the same argument can be used to say it wasn't due to his upbringing otherwise all his other siblings would be molesters too.
Not necessarily. Nature vs nurture are more nuanced than that.
I know they are, lol. That's my point. You can't say "oh there's no way this person is this way due to nature because his dad isn't this way" in the same way that you can't say "oh there's no way this person is this way because of nurture because his siblings aren't the same way." I agree, they are more nuanced. Both of them. I was using Vic's own logic about the former to make a case for the latter, but truth is they are both weak points. I just don't think we should pretend to be someone's psychologist and say the person's upbringing by the parents caused them to do whatever horrible thing they did. It's rash judgement, and unfair to the parents.
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