A Civil Discourse
As I was catching up on some blogs I like one of the post I came across was about a convicted pedophile who had married and had a child and was now back in court over a situation with said child. While I found the post well written what impressed me the most was the comment section.
There were several people who made good points about the nature of pedophila and that fact that it's not a crime, molesting children however is a crime and should be treated as such. I loved the sheer civility of the various commenters expressing concern for children, as well as concern for those with an attraction to children who ideally would get much needed community support in order to not harm any children but realistically most often don't. Although people disagreed it was never ugly and everyone was of one accord in the need to protect children.
Maybe if even such a conversation can be held on even one blog it paves the way for truly sharing information which could lead to everyone getting the support needed to ensure not only the safety of children but the dignity of someone who can't ever act on their sexual attractions. I truly believe that people who have no sense of personal dignity or worth are more likely to actually often b/c by not seeing themselves as worthy then it's much harder to empathize with anyone else. Not to mention accountability before something happens is way better than simply punishment after the fact.
There were several people who made good points about the nature of pedophila and that fact that it's not a crime, molesting children however is a crime and should be treated as such. I loved the sheer civility of the various commenters expressing concern for children, as well as concern for those with an attraction to children who ideally would get much needed community support in order to not harm any children but realistically most often don't. Although people disagreed it was never ugly and everyone was of one accord in the need to protect children.
Maybe if even such a conversation can be held on even one blog it paves the way for truly sharing information which could lead to everyone getting the support needed to ensure not only the safety of children but the dignity of someone who can't ever act on their sexual attractions. I truly believe that people who have no sense of personal dignity or worth are more likely to actually often b/c by not seeing themselves as worthy then it's much harder to empathize with anyone else. Not to mention accountability before something happens is way better than simply punishment after the fact.
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