Setanta wrote on Aug 13
th, 2020 at 9:08pm:
aquascoot wrote on Aug 13
th, 2020 at 8:57pm:
i think the bloodless intellectuals are incredibly naive.
they are trying to make nuanced points .
that fine when dealing with gordon and set who have a brain.
but fat steves cousin fat leroy from the trailer park , who gets urges to act in this depraved way, is going to see some topic on some TED Talk saying we should accept pedophillia and he's going to feel less restrained to just follow the path of least resistance.
there is no place for nuance when dealing with the unthinking masses, because, well, 'they are unthinking"
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most semi civilised people act on every urge they feel? If you are a heterosexual, where does your sexual interest in the other sex begin and end? 1-100? 4-40? 18-99? It's not the thought, it's the action. I would think most people have thoughts, not necessarily sexual, that if they carried them into action any time in their lives would see them vilified and locked away.
In the case pf paedos it could be good if they could be open as we may learn more about how to deal with those that can't control what they feel.
some urges should most definitely not be acted on.
and intellectuals do people no favours by "offering up excuses".
you shouldnt follow the urge to eat a packet of timtams every morning tea.
if an intellectual discovers scientifically that "dieting is a complete waste of time and we need to be more accepting of fat people'. (which is probably true)
then those tim tams are going to be more likely to be consumed.
just like children will be more likely to be consumed if you give the pedophile an excuse