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Originally Posted by FireFly
The point is that a child's mind is still forming. A 6 year old doesn't know what is acceptable in a lot of cases. A 20 year old does. The 6 year old who experiences rape may grow up thinking it's acceptable, the 20 year old already knows it isn't. To believe that the rape of a child wouldn not have a greater impact on the mental development of a child than it would on an adult is quite a fallacy.
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Very well said, and the root of why I think that crimes against children ARE more heinous than those against adults - the same action taken against a child can have far more serious consequences than one taken against an adult. While I do not advocate capital punishment at any time, I have no problem with the idea of harsher penalties for those convicted of sexual crimes against children.
I also think that the excuse that some people are just wired that way should have no effect on how they are treated - while you may have no control over your desires, you DO have control on whether or not you act on those desires. If it comes down to a choice as to whether YOU are miserable because you cannot achieve the sexual release you crave, or whether someone else will be miserable as an unwilling participant in that release, I cannot feel any sympathy for those who would rather inflict pain on someone else.