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[pyesetz]

Here is a thread on CrushYiffDestroy.com about my Pedophilia essay.  Clearly the CYD folks are much classier trolls than the SomethingAwful goons.  Hi, jinx_mouse!

<Donotsue> The end makes sense.. =)

Thanks for your support!

<weird_guy_in_the_corner> But what happens when the pedophile gets sick and tired of the pictures? Then he goes out and starts looking for the real thing.

What happens if the pedo *never* gets sick and tired?  Should we kill all pedos because some of them sometimes hurt people?  Why not kill all Arabs because some of them sometimes become suicide bombers?

<Mastertran> You know I'll bet just maybe he's got another agenda... It's kid fucking

Nope.  Wrong ulterior motive.  The essay was actually aimed at one or more of the pedophilia victims on my LJ-friends list.

<Pyesetz> In the United States it is a crime to bring a gun into a school. In many schools, under the "Zero Tolerance" policy, it is also a crime to draw a picture of a gun while in a school.
<Dogthing> That's silly, I used to draw a lot of guns in school, and they were typically being wielded by ninja-masked stick figures and slaughtering countless small animals or possibly jews or goblins. My teachers saw some and thought they were hilarious. :]

Okay, I was overgeneralizing.  There have been several news reports of kids being expelled for drawing pictures of guns, but this is a local issue and some schools aren't as uptight about it as others.  But nobody at the Department of Education ever steps forward to say "That's not what we meant!  Zero Tolerance isn't supposed to be about punishing kids for having impure thoughts!"

Comments

[cassander42.livejournal.com]

The current title, "In Defense of Pedophilia", sounds too broad. Although technically in sociological terms, "pedophilia" may only refer to someone getting aroused by children, most people associate it with the act itself. The title makes it sound like raping children is ok, which is not what the essay is about.

Also, you are not exactly saying pedophilia is good or defending it, just saying we should be more kind and compassionate toward pedophiles, at least those who do not practice.

SO perhaps something like "In Defense of Non-Practicing Pedophiles" or "Pedophiles Are People, Not Monsters", or something like that.