the only openly gay coloured person in High School

lol, archaic

Pedophiles emit some sort of child ruining aroma or frequency?

"-CENSOR'D-, there's a pedophile over there. If Johnny gets within 3 meters of him he might become dyslexic or disturbed!"



Does it matter? He said coloured himself, so I used the word.

So if a black guy calls himself the N-word, you're not going to get in trouble by calling him that?

I believe he was refering to your spelling of the word "colored"

I believe he was refering to your spelling of the word "colored"

Still, I'm not really comfortable with pedophiles being used as a catch-all scapegoat. Every state-level politician wants to be able to say he's sponsored some flashy bill, and it seems the two easiest ones to get passed are increasing drunk driving penalties and increasing pedophilia penalties. No one's gonna want to argue with either of those because no one wants to seem like a drunk or pedo sympathizer.

Sex between, say, a 19-year old male and a 15-year old girl who are in a relationship with each other and both are willing to do it... That is a completely different subject.

Both partners are developed enough to understand what sex and sexuality is and both want to experience it. It's only the law that says it's not acceptable. Thus it's is a totally different, much more complex situation than child abuse.

Still, I'm not really comfortable with pedophiles being used as a catch-all scapegoat. Every state-level politician wants to be able to say he's sponsored some flashy bill, and it seems the two easiest ones to get passed are increasing drunk driving penalties and increasing pedophilia penalties. No one's gonna want to argue with either of those because no one wants to seem like a drunk or pedo sympathizer.

Only a matter of time before pedophilia gains the same level of social acceptance that homosexuality is gunning for.

God help us all. Where does it end?

Only a matter of time before pedophilia gains the same level of social acceptance that homosexuality is gunning for.

Here I feel the issue is, the law is there to condemn offenders. Is there a single person on this forum who feels that there shouldn't be penalties for drunk driving, that it's not dangerous at all and should be allowed?

I do not think a 15 year old is responsible or mature enough to start having sex. Heck, there are some 20 year olds who aren't responsible or mature enough, but that's a different matter.

My thought is this: if an adult person wants to have sex with a teen, let them get married first. Let the adult take full responsibility for the teen's life and establish an equal partnership whereby the adult is not simply using the teen for sex.

As far as discrimination goes: I am not a pedophile, but I have been accused of it on occasion, without cause I might add. Why? Because I happen to be single and I happen to be a clergyman. This combination in some people's minds automatically makes me a pedophile. Get your own freaking minds out of the gutter, people!

In our modern sex-obsessed culture, it seems that there are becoming fewer and fewer boundaries, and pretty soon, almost anything will be acceptable. What's more, people are basically encouraged to indulge every desire these days; no one is even bothering to ask the tough question, whether any particular sexual attitude or indulgence is healthy.

At some point, you do have to restrict that behavior and help the pedophile suppress their desires and develop healthy - or should I say more mainstream - attitudes of sexuality. Either that, or allow them to prey on children.

And one more thing: while I have striven over the past few years to be more accepting of homosexuality, I have to confess, I feel the same way Lahi does on this. Years ago, when the debates about gay marriage started, there were people who warned that as our society becomes more accepting of sexual behavior and more promiscuous, it would eventually lead to this very topic right here. And I'll be darned, they were right.

Two men getting willingly married is still NOT the same issue as forcing a child to have sex with you.

Two men getting willingly married is still NOT the same issue as forcing a child to have sex with you.

So, what makes you think the teen is not simply getting married for sex? Marriage isn't going to do squat about the situation.
Instead, one should focus more on things like how to have safe sex what a partner is and is not willing to do, that there's more to a relationship than just sex etc.
You get married when you know you're willing to spend your life with him/her, not so you would get some non-existent license for sex or not feel guilty about having pre-marriage sex.

What the heck? Some conclusions people draw...

Don't forget that not all forms of "non-mainstream" sexuality are "unhealthy" or wrong. Pedophilia is wrong because, like I said earlier, children aren't developed enough to have sex and thus it's usually about the adult taking advantage of the child, resulting in terrible traumas and mental problems.

What makes a sexual act a punishable act is harming others physically or mentally and forcing them against their own will. That's why raping is also wrong because you'll be harming and violating someone who doesn't want to have sex with you.

On the other hand, there's nothing wrong with something both partners are willing to do, whether it's something as unusual like foot fetishism or S&M (the kind that both are willing to do). Nothing should be forced upon someone and nothing should invovle actual huge health risks (suffocating, laceration wounds, anything serious).

For example, ranting at some couple that their "kinky latex evenings" are wrong just because it seems unusual? That's stupid. It's their business. Don't feed them your moral obligations.

Two men getting willingly married is still NOT the same issue as forcing a child to have sex with you. We don't live in a black & white world where everything works on an either or -basis, everything's either good or evil.

certain aspects of sexuality that are against the conservative view of things are introduced and become mainstream, other aspects are bound to gain the same sense of normalcy.

Children are not sex objects, and I have some serious reservations about anyone who says it's okay to view them as such.

I still contend the problem is lust. Children are not sex objects, and I have some serious reservations about anyone who says it's okay to view them as such.

Thinking ill of someone for something they have no control over is disgusting. People who mental/physical disabilities mostly have no control over the circumstances that put them in such a situation and a lot were born that way. Someone with Coprolalia can't help that they randomly shout out profane words and to automatically label them as a bad person because of it makes you the bad person.