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Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo
Is there any state in the West/Developed world that does actually offer non-offending Pedophiles the chance to come forward and seek treatment/counseling without punishing/jailing the individual? Like I feel as if the high concentration of Pedophiles on line comes more from them having severe mental issues from abuse or social ostracization than just a tendency of "nerds" to be Pedo's.

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Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Tatum Girlparts posted:

I think Germany has/had something where if you go to a shrink and say 'I'm sexually attracted to kids, I've never acted on it and it's causing me problems' you get help and all, but really then if people want to do the 'well the gays...' thing we've pretty well shown you can't repress someone's sexuality and that ends well for them, so I'm really not sure on what the data and poo poo around programs like that shows.

A lot of Pedophiles were victims of abuse when they were children so it feels like it's probably a mental health issue rather than one of pure sexuality. I mean it just feels wrong someone could get sexually abused as a child then be doomed to a life of social ostracization from the result of that abuse.

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

eSports Chaebol posted:

Probably the first step in changing laws to actually be about protecting children instead of moral outrage would be to stop charging children for child porn and to stop charging child prostitutes for being raped.

Generally laws dealing with this kind of stuff are more based on moral outrage and punishment of the vague notion of sin rather than any kind of actual desire to help people in bad situations. There is also some kind of weird mentality that fetishes zero tolerance policies instead of looking at the context of what and why something happened.

For instance; an 19 year old sleeping with a 16 year old is by and far removed from a 40 year old raping a 12 year old.

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Kajeesus posted:

Isn't there a "Romeo and Juliet" clause in a lot of places that exists specifically for differentiating those two scenarios?

In most places it's only for people who were either together before one of them became older than 18 or only stretches from a very brief window of say 19-17 or 18-17. It's really hard to legislate this kind of thing because it's such a touchy subject and no politician on earth wants their opponent to get any material to run against them saying "[insert canadite here] supports men sleeping with young girls!!!!".

Generally the best way to handle any kind of sexual law is to base it from the ground up on consent and what are the conditions under which a person can give consent based on the life and status of that specific person. I know it sounds complicated but there is no such thing as a simple good law.

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo
People who are in favor of the death penalty are scum

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Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Black Baby Goku posted:

Just for pedos :D

Actually how about just for you

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