My Attraction to children

[BrickaBracka]

Originally Posted by Colonel Plink

I don't follow you.

I didn't offer to throw anyone in front of a bus.

However you do find some pleasantry in the idea of a gruesome death, at your direction. Would this make you guilty according to your logic? They want sex with a kid, you say they should kill themselves. You want them to die (though not by your hand), what should your punishment be?

I think the point is once you've got that sliding scale, you'll realize that everyone in the world falls on the scale at some point. Extenuating circumstances may adjust your culpability for your place on it.

It's disingenuous to say that a person who at one point, wants sex with a minor, is automatically and incorrigibly evil. Perhaps it was a temporary thing as they matured through puberty? Where is that line drawn? I know many 17 year olds who are less mature, both emotionally and physically, than 15 year olds.

Perhaps their brain isn't able to leave that place of hormonal angst, despite being 30, 40, 50 years old. This does happen, and is fairly common as fair as mental imbalance goes.

And if they know it's wrong, and refuse to act on it? Should they be encouraged to end their lives because of their brain chemistry? Or would it be better to allow those people to safely enter a place of treatment where they'll be allowed to acknowledge the issue and get help, or decide to live out their days chemically castrated, or whatever course may occur?

Yes there are those who wantonly and egregiously engage in horrific acts of sexual perversion with children, and they should be punished for those acts. But if they could be intercepted long before that act occurred and have their course corrected - would this not be preferable?

Or must we wait until they act, the damage to the child is done, before we step in?

Are we going to only act in retribution and never in prevention?

[Colonel Plink]

Originally Posted by BrickaBracka

However you do find some pleasantry in the idea of a gruesome death, at your direction. Would this make you guilty according to your logic?

I never claimed logic was part of my argument.

I hate pedophiles.

I hate a lot of people.

[Flying Saucerian]

A lot of pedophiles seem to try to cope by finding old movies and TV shows with 'legitimate' child nude scenes of the "Oh no, the goat ate our clothes while we were skinny-dipping!" type.

I used to think maybe that would be acceptable. After all, the films aren't actual porn, they already exist, and the children weren't harmed (as far as we know.)

The problem is, of course, it's doubtful the young actors and possibly even the film-makers would have known their work could be used for those purposes. While one can take a "What they don't know won't hurt them" attitude, they most likely would find out eventually. Worse, the films would likewise bear the stigma of being 'softcore kiddie-porn.' They deserve better than that.

One thing that frustrates me is even when we agree this is unacceptable, it then becomes frustrating trying to make sure the young actors don't end up being inadvertently exploited. Pedos, like everyone else, are willing to settle for less if they can't get what they want and trying to figure out what one can and can't show becomes more and more difficult. No actual nudity, fine. But then, what about fake nudity? No fake nudity, then how about underwear? Even huge, ugly, unrevealing underwear? No? How about shirtless shots?

Ultimately, you end up either putting the kids in burkas or realizing you can't completely shield them. You just have to try to be as responsible as you can.

[BrickaBracka]

Originally Posted by Colonel Plink

I never claimed logic was part of my argument.

I hate pedophiles.

I hate a lot of people.

I appreciate your candor.