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This phenomena is so common it makes me think the educational system can do more. I somehow feel that many of those guys have severe distortion of reality. Like

This phenomena is so common it makes me think the educational system can do more. I somehow feel that many of those guys have severe distortion of reality. Like they are completely unaware they are doing something wrong. I mean it may sound odd, but in addition to protect children and catch predictors (important), we may talk about this stuff in schools and prevent those guys from becoming predators. There is something about the online world that blurs red lines. p.s having said that, this post is beneficial from educational perspective partly because it is explicit and disturbing. It shows exactly what it is we as society want to uproot.

zozbot234 7y ago
> prevent those guys from becoming predators. You think this hasn't been tried? These guys are not like you or me, they are severely lacking in empathy. They feel no aversion whatsoever to engaging in predatory behavior on fellow humans, including kids, as a matter of basic temperament. You can prevent them from becoming predators only by providing clear consequences for such behavior, and an appealing alternative for them to choose instead. (The latter is why smart people don't tend to become predators of this sort - they have other ambitions, whatever those might be.)