Thoughts on pedophilia.

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BoomerD

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Let me be clear then. A pedophile had a supply of photos from a child molester that he got off to. Yes, part of the evidence taken was his office chair with semen stains that matched his DNA. He admitted under questioning by CID that he masturbated to the photos. He also had two kids of his own under age 5.

So, you can split hairs all you want, but the pedophile creates a market for child molesters and other pedophiles to continue to abuse children.

I agree with the basics of this. HOWEVER, not ALL pedophiles watch child porn...as was already pointed out, many pedophiles never act on their urges...

BUT, I DO agree that anyone who physically molests a child should be put to death...and those who possess child porn should be SEVERELY punished...up to and including the death penalty.
 
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True abuse of children (adults taking advantage of kids under 12 by doing things that can actually harm/impact them) should be dealt with harshly when absolutely proved. Lesser things, like a 24yr old teacher and a 17yr old willing student, stories which involve no actual acts, two teenagers making out, or anything else 'invented' should not be included, or in any way criminalized.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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I'm not in the habit of persecuting people for their thoughts. No one chooses who their attracted to.

However they do choose how to act on those feelings.

who was getting arrested for just thought? You were the one being the pedobear knight!

Seriously, if anyone just kept their sickness in their head there wouldn't be laws against it.
 

BladeVenom

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Jun 2, 2005
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WOW!
let me guess, it shouldn't be a crime to enjoy the results of someone that took pics/video doing that child molesting.

Surely you've seen murder,robbery, and videos of other illegal acts on Youtube and the news. Should seeing that be illegal also?

Do you believe the government should punish thought crimes, and control what you can watch and read?

Should we have a ministry of truth censor all the bad things that happen? Those pictures and videos of the holocaust are awful. Should they all be outlawed and destroyed?
 

alkemyst

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Surely you've seen murder,robbery, and videos of other illegal acts on Youtube and the news. Should seeing that be illegal also?

Do you believe the government should punish thought crimes, and control what you can watch and read?

Should we have a ministry of truth censor all the bad things that happen? Those pictures and videos of the holocaust are awful. Should they all be outlawed and destroyed?

when you are storing them, yes.

What is your angle when you are going to defend someone with 100+ videos stored on their hard drive of adults having sex with minors, esp those pre-pubescent?

Is this a thought crime to you?
 

HamburgerBoy

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Apr 12, 2004
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Surely you've seen murder,robbery, and videos of other illegal acts on Youtube and the news. Should seeing that be illegal also?

Do you believe the government should punish thought crimes, and control what you can watch and read?

Should we have a ministry of truth censor all the bad things that happen? Those pictures and videos of the holocaust are awful. Should they all be outlawed and destroyed?

tbh that is the one angle that makes child pornography impossible to endorse legalization of. Children don't get raped in public to be recorded by passers-by and uploaded to the internet. It's the worst invasion of privacy possible.
 

mnewsham

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We aren't defending people who act upon these urges, just the people who are pedophiles in thought. A 25 year old male sees a 16 year old and thinks about her in a sexual manner, if it were found out this man had these thoughts should he now be locked up or charged with a sexual offense?
 

RocksteadyDotNet

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We aren't defending people who act upon these urges, just the people who are pedophiles in thought. A 25 year old male sees a 16 year old and thinks about her in a sexual manner, if it were found out this man had these thoughts should he now be locked up or charged with a sexual offense?

That's not a pedophile. Pedophillia specifically refers to the attraction to pre-pubesent minors.

A 16 year old would be ripe. :sneaky:
 

HamburgerBoy

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So you would ban Youtube, the press, and libraries, for storing pictures and videos of crimes and atrocities. 1984 is your ideal on how society should be run.

There is a difference between Holocaust footage and Ogrish/Rotten/StileProject-worthy snuff film.
 

alkemyst

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Feb 13, 2001
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i am hoping it's just trolling above.

fortunately I am sure most of you are not having sex at all unless via self love.
 

mnewsham

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i am hoping it's just trolling above.

fortunately I am sure most of you are not having sex at all unless via self love.

My significant other is 16, problem bro? :rolleyes:

Anyway, I really hope you don't actually think that thinking something is a crime, or should be.
 

BladeVenom

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tbh that is the one angle that makes child pornography impossible to endorse legalization of. Children don't get raped in public to be recorded by passers-by and uploaded to the internet. It's the worst invasion of privacy possible.

One of the reasons crime videos are released is to identify the parties involved.

You think certain kinds of videos should be kept private, even though it may mean allowing the crimes to continue unsolved?