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Joining in on the wank
Well. I don't like getting all worked up about stuff like this, because it's usually just not worth all the effort and broken keys on the keyboard. But this...
You probably all know about LJ deleting comms and personal journals. If not, check out ::this:: post on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
beandelphiki's journal - a good summary on what's going on.
Well. What I want to rant about are these so-called Warriors For Innocence. Because... WTF?
Take a look at their site
Paedophils and child abusers are sick people. NOT MONSTERS! With the right circumstances, anybody could have been a child abuser. I have some basic knowledge in this area, because I've always been very interested in the psychology behind pathologic serial killers, rapists and child abusers and have read a couple of books and thought about it quite a lot.
Child abusers have usually been victims themselves. This is not an excuse or a reason to let them get on with it, but calling them monsters and turning them into something that is not human is NOT the way to go about this business. Dealing with issues like this, the absolute most important thing is to stay objective and not judge the person that has committed the child abuse. Either, the person is sick and wants help - in this case, it's society's duty to provide this help to the best of their abilities - or the person is sick and doesn't want help - in this case, society's duty consists of making sure the person in question will never be in a position where they can hurt children.
Demonizing them is the most blind, idiotic and hypocritical thing a person can do. Because - what about the kids the glorious Warriors for Innocence couldn't save? The ones that were abused as young children and grow up to become child abusers themselves? At which point do they cross the border from being the poor little innocent kiddie that needs to be saved to the terrible, unspeakable, abominable monster that needs to be eliminated from society?
You probably all know about LJ deleting comms and personal journals. If not, check out ::this:: post on
beandelphiki's journal - a good summary on what's going on.Well. What I want to rant about are these so-called Warriors For Innocence. Because... WTF?
Take a look at their site
Paedophils and child abusers are sick people. NOT MONSTERS! With the right circumstances, anybody could have been a child abuser. I have some basic knowledge in this area, because I've always been very interested in the psychology behind pathologic serial killers, rapists and child abusers and have read a couple of books and thought about it quite a lot.
Child abusers have usually been victims themselves. This is not an excuse or a reason to let them get on with it, but calling them monsters and turning them into something that is not human is NOT the way to go about this business. Dealing with issues like this, the absolute most important thing is to stay objective and not judge the person that has committed the child abuse. Either, the person is sick and wants help - in this case, it's society's duty to provide this help to the best of their abilities - or the person is sick and doesn't want help - in this case, society's duty consists of making sure the person in question will never be in a position where they can hurt children.
Demonizing them is the most blind, idiotic and hypocritical thing a person can do. Because - what about the kids the glorious Warriors for Innocence couldn't save? The ones that were abused as young children and grow up to become child abusers themselves? At which point do they cross the border from being the poor little innocent kiddie that needs to be saved to the terrible, unspeakable, abominable monster that needs to be eliminated from society?