10-13-2013, 01:07 PM
I'm against capital punishment in all conceivable curcumstances and I find the thought of executing people for having illegal paraphilia without even acting out on it pretty disturbing.
"Just because people are falsely accused
and sentenced to prison for murder, robbery, etc...
doesn't mean society should slow down in it's public disdain
for murderers and thieves."
Well, no, of course not. I was just pointing out that I've personally witnessed hordes of worried parents publically shaming and verbally abusing a man they thought was a paedophile because they had "heard it from some people" which is obviously wrong. Sexually abusing a child is one of the worst crimes I can think about but when the sheer horror of the possibility itself is enough to deprive adults of all reason and source criticism that becomes a problem in its own right.
"Just because people are falsely accused
and sentenced to prison for murder, robbery, etc...
doesn't mean society should slow down in it's public disdain
for murderers and thieves."
Well, no, of course not. I was just pointing out that I've personally witnessed hordes of worried parents publically shaming and verbally abusing a man they thought was a paedophile because they had "heard it from some people" which is obviously wrong. Sexually abusing a child is one of the worst crimes I can think about but when the sheer horror of the possibility itself is enough to deprive adults of all reason and source criticism that becomes a problem in its own right.