[Lepid]

"Are paedophiles evil?


Do you think it is acceptable to be sexually attracted to childeren?

Do we need to understand paedophiles rather than condemn them?

Should it be accepted that sexual attraction towards a child is evil?

Or is paedophillia simply wrong?

Discuss..."

OK thanks for at least asking some questions, I personally am having quite a lot of trouble with them!

All together, you asked five questions and I will concisely attempt to answer them.

1. "Are paedophiles evil?"

(OK firstly, I think the questions' answers will be quite similar, or at least the way in which I answer them will probably be quite interlinked!)

OK, am I evil? this is much the same question, for I am attracted to young girls aged 8-13.

So firstly, pedophile = yes and to answer the question of whether pedophiles are evil per se, I should have to answer the question of whether I am evil?

OK evil is a problematic concept, but I have to interpret this question as well I can and this seems to force me to assume the basic meaning meaning is 'bad' or 'harmful' in an intentional way.

So am I a 'bad type'?

Well..I believe myself to be above all honest, and caring for the younger generation.
I am anti-war and anti-violence which makes me a type of pacifist.
I do not nick cars or mug old grannies or anything anti-social.

So no, I would not say that I am not of an 'evil' nature.

But does this answer the question?

To answer it in full, I must accept the accusation that I might one day actually purposefully harm a child as valid, because to be 'evil' (and that is the exact word used!!) requires taking pleasure in and planning an act which is actually truly harmful in itself.

And the answer is again 'no' - I simply do not wish to harm girls in any way, including the
sexual one.

Ok moving on to the second quezzie - which is even more entertaining for it's sheer ignorance.....

"Do you think it is acceptable to be sexually attracted to children ?"

Implying whether we should allow this orientation to exist at all it would seem!

The fact is, pedophilia, which is an orientation, is perfectly valid as it is something which is innate and hence the reason why pedophiles will not simply disappear.
What you are really asking is whether these people should be exterminated - which is either genocide, or if you envision simply eradicating the genes - and this will be a mammoth task for sure! - for pedophila it then becomes eugenics!

Genocide...eugenics......Jews???? ... Nazis!!!!!

By the way it might turn out, that if you tried to wipe out the polygene for pedophilia, you
might just be removing all of the people who care the most about children...

And then we'd be left with only you! :eek:

Third question, which is nice and short and sweet - just the way I likes 'em!

"Do we need to understand paedophiles rather than condemn them?"

I believe I ahve already made an adequate demonstration of the abject lack of understanding of this orientation, so I won't bother...

"Should it be accepted that sexual attraction towards a child is evil?"

You seem to be asking, 'should we not just question, "Is what we are doing in labelling this orientation as invalid and just plain wrong the right thing to do?"

It is a good place to start, anyway...

Lastly.."Or is paedophillia simply wrong?"

I thought this was just repetitious, until I realized it was just a continuation of the fourth question - indeed it sounds like it should have been part of it....