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Originally Posted by 2Stonedbirds
I wonder what is stronger; his desire to have sex with innocent children or salons complacency in attempting to normalize pedophilia in the public domian?
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Not strong enough to actually follow through with it. How strong is your urge to have sex with whoever you do? Strong enough to force yourself on anyone?
No one's attempting to normalize it (whatever that means). Hes stating the stark difference between pedophilia and being an actual child molester, which of course have cross sections, but being one does not necessarily make you the other. Nowhere in the article does he condone such behavior, or attempt to make it seem OK to abuse children (or anyone). He's just stating that there is a whole community of these people that realize what they are, and choose not to act on it, and need support. I have no problem supporting people who can freely recognize and admit their faults, and more importantly, not venture into the realm of immoral or illegal behavior. Especially if that fault is something that is so socially damaging regardless of whether you actually act on it or not.
Wouldn't you like to see these people have some attempt at reform as a means for protecting potential victims? Or would you rather just let them be fringe and outcasted members of society that may end up veering down that road? Do you think that the treatment these people receive (guilty assumptions regardless of their own life or actions) might somehow play into their decision to cross that line? As he mentions, the idea that he's going to be persecuted regardless does play into the psychology behind crossing that line. "Why not, they hate you either way."
You don't have to condone what we would all agree is terrible behavior to recognize that, while you can choose whether or not to act, the way you feel is not a choice. And the more you alienate those who do make the better choice, the more they might be drawn to the wrong choice.