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Such people will always find ways to get to kids. The solution is to create systems so that people who are attracted to children recognise that's wrong and can
by notRobot 6y ago
Such people will always find ways to get to kids. The solution is to create systems so that people who are attracted to children recognise that's wrong and can get psychological/psychiatric help to control their condition without being shamed to the extent that they cannot even confide in mental health practitioners.
- hoka-one-one 6y agoIs there a name for this argument? The "people will always find a way to do X no matter how difficult you make it" argument? I see it everywhere.
- k__ 6y agoSame goes for "but will someone think about the kids?!" No?
- question000 6y agoI don't really see how this comment makes sense, shaming a pedophile is going to make them more likely to seek treatment. While it's bad to demonize people with mental illness, these people don't typically think they have a problem, unlike depression or alcoholism the victim is someone else not the mentally ill, they typically won't care until they are shamed. I'm just saying this website should have a warning because I can 100% guarantee pedophiles are trawling it looking for access to children, like they would any other kid based online forum.
- notRobot 6y ago> shaming a pedophile is going to make them more likely to seek treatment This is not how it works. And we should never shame someone if they have a mental illness that they cannot help having, and if they've never acted on the urges.
- ck425 6y agoYou have to make it clear that acting on those urges is morally repugnant while also saying that having the urges isn't fundamentally immoral. That's a tricky balance to walk but it's whats needed if we want these folk to come out of the woodwork and actively seek help before they commit abuses.