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Enter the Dragic
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Originally Posted by ZenMaster
Very interesting... I like that it's completely voluntary. Forcing someone to do it would definitely be too punitive. This drug could seemingly work for violent people as well as it reduces testosterone.
I think there are a lot of forces at work though that determine whether someone feels it... and even more for someone to act on it. Genetic predispositions seem like the most relevant though as this sort of thing happens to people everywhere.
Last edited by Swaggin916; 11-19-2013 at 09:11 PM.
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Enter the Dragic
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Originally Posted by magnax1
I think everyone agrees they shpuldnt act on it. Its just there are probably better ways to deal with it than throwing them straight in jail. I actually listened to an interview of a pedophile who willingly chemically castrated himself to kill the urges.
And that should be applauded, rewarded, ect. That is extremely admirable and responsible. More stories like that need to get out.
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A humble prophet
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Originally Posted by Myth
I could see that pedophilia isn't a choice, but they should not act on it. The difference with being gay, if that is the comparison we are going to going for, is that sex between 2 gay people involves consenting adults and therefore acting on it is not wrong.
I wasn't talking about them having sex with children, i was just referring to the predilection to want to have sex with children. Although child porn certainly needs to be clamped down on because it is exploitative of children, we completely ruin the lives and turn into hate figures anyone who accesses it (if we can).
These people are completely ostracised from society, for something most of them probably already feel great shame about. And don't deny that if most owned up to their predilections, that they wouldn't instantly lose nearly all their friends.
edit: i mean, in England, animated porn depicted the underage is even illegal - why deny these people an outlet that doesn't actually harm anybody? Because people are intolerant assholes - their intolerance just shifts to whatever society deems it ok to be intolerant of.
Last edited by Dresta; 11-20-2013 at 12:06 AM.
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Paid shill
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Originally Posted by Dresta
I wasn't talking about them having sex with children, i was just referring to the predilection to want to have sex with children. Although child porn certainly needs to be clamped down on because it is exploitative of children, we completely ruin the lives and turn into hate figures anyone who accesses it (if we can).
These people are completely ostracised from society, for something most of them probably already feel great shame about. And don't deny that if most owned up to their predilections, that they wouldn't instantly lose nearly all their friends.
edit: i mean, in England, animated porn depicted the underage is even illegal - why deny these people an outlet that doesn't actually harm anybody? Because people are intolerant assholes - their intolerance just shifts to whatever society deems it ok to be intolerant of.
animated porn should definitely not be illegal. there is no victim of the crime, and it doesn't affect anyone.
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Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Just because you're naturally inclined to do something doesn't make it any more OK. Murders are likely more naturally inclined to be violent. It's stupid logic. BTW between the 12 year old anime girls and this thread, I'm concerned.
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Paid shill
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Originally Posted by RoundMoundOfReb
Just because you're naturally inclined to do something doesn't make it any more OK. Murders are likely more naturally inclined to be violent. It's stupid logic. BTW between the 12 year old anime girls and this thread, I'm concerned.
Don't worry, everyone in that thread is over the age of 12... I think.
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A humble prophet
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Originally Posted by RoundMoundOfReb
Just because you're naturally inclined to do something doesn't make it any more OK. Murders are likely more naturally inclined to be violent. It's stupid logic. BTW between the 12 year old anime girls and this thread, I'm concerned.
Poor comparison and you miss the difference between inclination and action.
I don't think anyone is saying it is ok to go around sexually abusing children. But it should be acknowledged that sexual desire is completely unconscious, and that someone can be sexually attracted to children while also being a good person.
It is the same with the laws in the UK that outlaw 'extreme' pornography (between consenting adults), completely ignoring that what is extreme to one person is simply titillation to another, and that people have no choice when it comes to what turns them on. Despite it leading to ridiculous prosecutions the law has still not been revoked:
'In 2009, the CPS brought the daft
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The Paterfamilias
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Originally Posted by Dresta
Poor comparison and you miss the difference between inclination and action.
I don't think anyone is saying it is ok to go around sexually abusing children. But it should be acknowledged that sexual desire is completely unconscious, and that someone can be sexually attracted to children while also being a good person.
It is the same with the laws in the UK that outlaw 'extreme' pornography (between consenting adults), completely ignoring that what is extreme to one person is simply titillation to another, and that people have no choice when it comes to what turns them on. Despite it leading to ridiculous prosecutions the law has still not been revoked:
'In 2009, the CPS brought the daft “Tiger porn” prosecution in respect of a video of what appeared to them to be a man having sex with a tiger. In that case the CPS had not listened to video’s soundtrack before putting a man on trial and thereby at risk of imprisonment and being placed on the sexual offenders register. When the defence pointed out that at the end of the video, the CGI-generated tiger turns to the camera and says “That beats the Frosties advert!” even the CPS had to accept someone watching it would not think the tiger was real.'
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/po...me-prosecution
I mean, they ruin people's lives and reputations with this nonsense. The UK has just become a complete joke tbh: recently a man got 11 months for posting anti-islamic material in his windows, and another got 3 months for making a joke about a dead girl.
Madness.
I'm pretty much in agreement with all your points, here.
No one is trying to minimize the great pain and life-destroying consequences of molestation. It's just about pointing out that this issue is much more complicated than it is given credit for.
Our society is naturally repulsed by the idea of sex with children. In a lot of cases, those who take part in it are looked at as worse than murderers.
While understandable -- taking advantage of the most innocent among us -- it gets more interesting when you think about those people cursed with this affliction who live out their lives never hurting anyone, yet feel all the shame and guilt that comes with having the predilection.
Honestly, it has to be the worst kind of impulse to live with. Has there ever been a pedophile who came out of the closet, but never acted upon it? I've never heard of it happening and for good reason... It's the one taboo that will send society recoiling regardless of the person's self control.
It must be an incredibly sad, lonely existence.
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The Fam
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
If you are having problems with your urges, just convert to islam.
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College superstar
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Originally Posted by Jameerthefear
animated porn should definitely not be illegal. there is no victim of the crime, and it doesn't affect anyone.
A fear I can see people having is the fear of it normalizing having sex with children.
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Keep it tight for me
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Originally Posted by HoopsFanNumero1
You tell us.
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A humble prophet
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
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A humble prophet
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Originally Posted by AI Thornton
I was naturally attracted to children, but then I grew up and continued being attracted to people my age like a normal person.
Thanks for the message asshole.
Older men continue to be sexually attracted to young women fyi. I've known 20-year olds who go for men over 35. Who are you to say what is normal? The only thing that is 'normal' is that people have different sexual preferences to each other, because not everybody is the same, you see?
It's amazing how incapable of seeing past their own perceptions people like you can be. The only thing that is certain is that you're evidently severely lacking in imagination, and would be one of the people calling for the imprisonment or execution of homosexuals were you not born into the tolerance-loving culture of today.
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Homage to Al Thornton
Re: Are pedophiles attracted to children naturally?
Originally Posted by Dresta
Thanks for the message asshole.
Sorry you found my joke about pedophiles being messed up personally offensive
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