RE: Oh, Thank you, Your Ass-Holiness....
April 12, 2011 at 10:00 pm
(This post was last modified: April 12, 2011 at 10:03 pm by Skipper.)
(April 12, 2011 at 9:45 pm)Cinjin Cain Wrote: A pedophile is a pedophile is a pedophile, and I cannot count the multitude of times that I have ranted against the catholic church for overlooking and making-lite of child molestation .... and that is exactly what Dawkins does appear to be doing whether he is referring to just his own molestation or not.
That blog clearly says he was "fondled" (a rather mild form of child abuse). Lets stop even debating whether or not he is talking about himself and his own experience at the hands of a nonce of a teacher or child abuse in general in the paragraph from the god delusion that Waldorf quoted. In both the blog and the book he calls it embarrassing. He is talking about his own experience. If you or anyone can't see that, then I give up .
Should he really lie about how it affected him or be honest and say that overall it wasn't a serious incident and that he felt it was more embarrassing than harmful? He clearly dosen't condone or belittle paedophilia as his stance against what is done by priests in the name of the catholic church, his comments in the blog I posted and lack of any other piece of writing, video or audio that suggest he does, proves.
All he says is, he personally was fondled, it personally didn't affect him in the long run and he personally thought it was more embarrassing than harmful.
