RE: Should pedophilia be legal?
March 1, 2013 at 1:56 pm
(This post was last modified: March 1, 2013 at 1:57 pm by Autumnlicious.)
(March 1, 2013 at 12:13 pm)Cinjin Wrote: Those statistics don't mean anything.
The 25% is not legitimate because some victims of child molestation (and that's exactly what it is) cannot admit publicly the damage it has done because they don't want to psychologically confront their own pain. It's more likely that the actual percentage is significantly lower.
Better data is always needed, as well as society migrating to being able to support the mentally harmed in a less public manner.
(March 1, 2013 at 12:13 pm)Cinjin Wrote: It seems to be popular on internet forums to take the position of, "We should consider pedophilia even though I'm against it" and then defend this position by showing everyone what an "open-minded intellectual" you are. I think it's sanctimonious bull shit and absolutely hypocritical. It's just like those who oppose the death penalty ... right up until their 4 year old is kidnapped and decapitated. Yeah, it's completely fine to consider pedophilia until it's your 13 year old girl having sex with a 28 year old.
Someone who throws extremes to make a point Wrote:It seems to be popular on internet forums to take the position of, "We should consider interracial dating even though I'm against it" and then defend this position by showing everyone what an "open-minded intellectual" you are. I think it's sanctimonious bull shit and absolutely hypocritical. It's just like those who oppose the death penalty ... right up until their 4 year old is kidnapped and decapitated. Yeah, it's completely fine to consider such until it's your girl having sex with a gun toting, coke distributing gang banger.
Notice how the two are pretty much similar reflections of the same tactic?
Take a scenario, finger anyone who "might" oppose your viewpoint and then strawman them with an extreme example.
Did it occur to you that a fair number of Age-of-Consent cases involve something akin to an 18 year old boy and a 15-16 year old girl?
A difference of 2-3 years is enough to label a young man who just happened to slide into "adult" age group, whereas had he been one year younger, the laws would be more lenient.
The problem with this entire problem is extremists.
You identify an issue (major or minor) within existing frameworks (law), but the second one tries to argue to improve it, others immediately assume you are giving creedance to the "other side".
It's Reddit-style discourse, for the most part.
(March 1, 2013 at 12:13 pm)Cinjin Wrote: ...o but wait, I don't support pedophilia, but I definitely couldn't judge someone for doing it.
Well fuck you, I can.
Another strawman.
The bulk of posters driving this topic have not argued that one cannot judge. So why do you need to argue this?
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