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Originally Posted by recluse
The Will of the People has spoken.
Child molestors and their advocates must be wiped out.
The Law must change.
That is the Will of the People.
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Is this for real? The "Will of the people"? Really?
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Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl
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So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.
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Originally Posted by recluse
I am a great believer in human rights.
It's time to redefine "human".
If it preys on the young of humans,
it is not human.
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Why only the young? Why so specific? I'm constantly amazed at the highly specific things that people are disgusted by.
I would go so far as to say that any person who takes an innocent life (regardless of age) is a greater scumbag than a rapist (who doesn't kill). Of course, the comparison is flawed because you can't really compare infinities (of the same order). The slight asymmetry is only because with the non-killer, there is at least a chance that the victim may be able to live out a full life and perhaps even find some measure of happiness somewhere down the road. The dead victim has no such chance. People who think that some things are worse than death are deluded beyond belief.
I find it even more disgusting that some people (not the person I was replying to - at least I hope so) try to rate such crimes relative to each other. Can't we just agree that such criminals are the scum of the earth and leave it at that? The only people who need to rate these things are the people in prison. Even there, they have rankings - which absolutely boggles my mind. Yes, there are "holier-than-thou" nimrods
in prison. 