A person on another forum was mean to me!

[Shell B]

I don't blame you, pad. I think some people fail to grasp the extent of the damage inflicted by raping a child. The sheer pain and fear aside, it will continue to arise for them when they go through puberty, date, get married, have children, etc. It will always affect their personal lives. You literally change a person's life forever with that one act. I would say it is fair to equate it with murder or at least damn close. You could argue it all day, but it does not change the fact that rape is a far more substantial crime than anything other than murder and torture. Well, one could call it torture.