Originally posted by meep-meep
Would you want this man near your child?
If I am present, I wouldn't care. I wouldn't leave my kid with anyone I didn't know and trust undoubtedly though.
Originally posted by meep-meep
Get used to it.
Quite good at missing points aren't you? The point was that regardless of whether you grasp it or not, it's possible and it happens.
Originally posted by meep-meep
People who find actual rape arousing should be treated the same a pedophile.
Are you capable of replying to things in the same context that they were wrote? Or not?
Originally posted by meep-meep
😐Please don't talk to me like your child.
You have an inability to grasp points and to discuss in context. So I shall treat you as someone with said inabilities. You said you can't grasp how a paedophile can have urges and not act on them, I said that this is exactly why you don't get it. Because whether you grasp it or not, it happens.
Originally posted by meep-meep
I was giving you something to compare it to...it can be used in this issue.
Can't, can it? Not in the context I said it. Because it's completely different. Please try to remain in context.
Originally posted by meep-meep
Think about it. If someone told you you could think about having the right to vote but you could never have that privilege, would you be offended? Would you think it to be fair?
This has nothing to do with anything. It's not a definite conclusion or eventuality that paedophiles who have the urges and interest will then act on them. Possible, but not definite.
Originally posted by meep-meep
Why give them false hope they can entertain this possibility? Do you see my point?
So now we're telling people what they can and can't THINK even if they hold no intention to act on it? Don't be so ridiculous.
Originally posted by meep-meep
You're making light of pedophilia isn't the nicest thing ever, either.
No, I'm not. You're just desperate. Forgive me for not kneejerking into hysteria at the mere mention of the crime.
Originally posted by meep-meep
You never said it's ok to think about it? I understand that you never said it verbatim but you imply when you say it's ok for a pedophile to think about having sex with or molesting children so long as they don't act on it. I'm only engaging in this topic further.
No, you're putting the cart before the horse and you're making wrong assumptions, champ. I never said such things. I never possessed the belief that it was ok to think about it. I merely said that we can't STOP people thinking about it, and if thinking is ALL they ever plan to do, we should concentrate on those who are ready, willing and able to ACT. Not those merely thinking with no intention to follow it up.
Stop diving in head first, it gets you nowhere.
Originally posted by meep-meep
I've thought about killing somebody once that I can remember when a thug robbed my parents house when we were all sleeping there. I toyed with the idea but it passed, after I rationalized my emotions. It's sort of natural for people to react this way when they themselves feel in danger. This kind of murder is in no way associated with getting perverse joy through engaging in sex with or using force against some one who is defenseless. That's not to say some murder isn't like this, though. Murder that is unprovoked and homocidal in nature, like this case in particular, should be treated the same as pedophilia or rape.
Let's review what I said:
Does genuinely thinking about murder mean that we will inevitably become murderers? No. The same is said for paedophilia.
Originally posted by meep-meep
I admit, my gut reaction toward this topic at the begining was that the murder was somewhat justified, but my perceptions have changed along the way thanks to many of the people providing points. The murder wasn't justified and Mullen should be treated as though he killed 2 innocent people, which he did. Although again I stick to my opinion that I really don't care that 2 pedophiles are dead and one murderer is behind bars.
Been there, discussed that.
Originally posted by meep-meep
Do you fantasize about murdering people? I don't. I think Mullen probably fantasized about killing pedophiles though. It was premediated. He had a fantasy and acted on it. Do you understand?
If Mullen walked around thinking "I'd LOVE to kill people" but never did, and never intended to. How much of an immediate danger is he? None.
Originally posted by meep-meep
I admit it that people do have strong initial emotional reactions when this subject is brought up, just like people feel toward murder.
The reaction to murder is never as bad, despite it being a worse crime.
Originally posted by meep-meep
Pedophilia isn't a "barracuda" AC.
You're on my christmas list. I'll be mailing you the "How to interpret analogies 101" book.
The point being that despite both being dangerous, one word sets off a bigger reaction than another word. If you yelled "Barracuda!" at the beach, people would say "What?". If you yelled "Shark!" people would pile out of the water like olympic sprinters.
You say "Murder!" people go "Bad." You say "Paedophilia!" and everyone lights their torches and forms a lynch mob.
-AC