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[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 minutes ago

Zoos suck. Put those animals back where they belong. Or eat them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

People don't choose to be pedophiles. We shouldn't hate them just for existing.

People choose to abuse children, and that should be strongly punished and I think the majority agrees with me on that.

But a non-offending pedophile is someone with a disability and should be treated as such.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I see where you are coming from, and have thought about this before when there was a group of people near where i live who were doing a sort of vigilante mob tracking down suspected pedophiles and terrorising them.

It just made me consider that they might be attacking people with a mental disorder who could/should be treated.

But just to speak to what you said, if they are non-offending, are you talking about the ones that dont physically assault children? Because the ones who are viewing and distributing csam are still harming children. Maybe not directly, but its like supply and demand, isn't it? People make it if people want it.

I think perhaps even the violent ones should be treated for a mental disorder. Maybe punsihed too, but if you draw parallels to other violent crime, many argue other criminals should be rehabilitated. Should this extend to pedophiles too?

The more i type, the more nuanced this becomes in my head. Perhaps that in and of itself is evidence that despite the obvious knee-jerk reaction to probably one of the most heinous things a person can do. Perhaps there is just more to this than anyone is brave enough to admit. (I say brave because anyone that sees you defending a pedophile automatically accuses you of being a pedophile, which is a fucking pathetic leap to make)

Having said all of that. If anyone ever did anything like that to my kids, i would rip their fucking heads off.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 23 minutes ago (1 children)

But just to speak to what you said, if they are non-offending, are you talking about the ones that dont physically assault children? Because the ones who are viewing and distributing csam are still harming children. Maybe not directly, but its like supply and demand, isn’t it? People make it if people want it.

I intentionally left that vague because of the nuance you mentioned. I think most people agree that physical assault of a child is heinous. Consumption of CP is more of a difficult gray area.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 minutes ago

What? No, consumption of it is NOT a grey area. Wtf?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The death penalty should be used only for white collar crimes and violations of the public trust. These crimes have the greatest impact on society, and usually have the strongest evidence reducing the chances of a wrongful conviction.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 36 minutes ago

The death penalty is just legal murder, and, by the very nature of bestowing that privilege onto some power structure, creates a perverse incentive. Now whoever controls the legal system gets to decide who is worthy of living and who is worthy of dying simply by deciding what counts as a "white collar crime"

That kind of power is resented by those worthy of wielding it, and coveted by those who would abuse it. The perfect recipe for despotism.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

The free movement of people is a human right!

Note that capital is free to go whatever it wants to.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago

Well, I got it right here in the name.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 hours ago

All drugs should be legal, but bodily autonomy is to high a purity test for everyone on planet earth.

Admit it everyone, capitalists will not let us live in peace. At least let me get high to numb the pain of existence.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

A universal right to self. Get the trans / gay community, the raw milkers, the anti vaccers, the druggies and the prochoice crowd all on the same page.

The government should make no law demanding or preventing the alteration of any and all, organs protrusions or growths of organic matter attached to and constituting the body of a sentient person not under the court directed care of another.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 minutes ago

People who drink cow milk are exploiting another sentient being

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

With antivaxx though - I think that’s a “your rights end where mine begin” kind of issue. Some moron shitting themselves to death because they think milk tastes better without the poop germs boiled out can take themselves out, but I have a sibling who can’t get certain vaccines/some vaccines are less effective. I think he has the right to not be exposed to easily preventable diseases.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You could cover this pretty accurately by making being in public without vaccinations count as reckless endangerment. In theory, an antivaxx person in isolation is not the issue. The issue is them exposing other people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Exactomundo. Philosophically fine, if you can find a way to make your choice not impact others.

Another big problem is they don’t tend to vaccinate their kids either. IMHO, kids deserve a higher standard of care/protection than “whatever their birth giver thinks is appropriate.” (Medical neglect fucking sucks - try pulling off your braces with pliers lol)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Good point! The amount of crackpot "here's how we can fix society" ideas I've come up with that are completely ruined by the existence of children is honestly crazy. I know "protect the kids!!" has been co-opted for some rather unsavory agendas, but it really is important, moreso even than we often consider.

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