Re: It was the first time I said it.

Yes, I know. I've pointed it out a few times, but usually when I do I get a cranky reply from Dissident about how he'll say the same thing over twenty billion times if he wants to. Or some such.

So it was my first time. What's wrong with saying it occasionally? This is a huge problem. This distorted view on child sex has created an increasing amount of abuse in our society.

First off, it wasn't an attack. More like an "oh geez, not this again" and a request to everyone (not just you) to stop doing it. It wasn't intended to be vicious, and if it came across that way, I'm sorry. I just think it's getting to be a bit groan-worthy at this point. When you've been here as long as some of us you'll see what I mean. You keep seeing the same points over and over and over again, so much so that it begins to sound like a Buddhist mantra. We need to be careful that these things don't turn into thought-terminating cliches.

If they do, so what? Like I've said before, it's another serious problem. It's not just about the pedophiles having freedom, and the fact that I'm an older kid who wants to get laid by a cute prepubescent girl some day (can you blame me?). It's also the fact that these beliefs are harmful to adults and children. We should know that by now. Something like that is worth restating over and over again. I'm definitely going to spread the word some day when I switch over to activist mode.

It just seems a bit trite to me to turn every tragedy that befalls a child into some kind of statement about adult-child sex. It's like politicians feeling the need politicize every disaster or tragic event that happens. Can't we just feel sad for this girl and leave it at that?

Can we do both too? This is what this board is primarily focused on anyway. One of the current discussions was about the sexual consent of children.

I still don't see how that's disrespectful. I've told you that it was a tragedy that she was burned alive. It's terrible to be burned alive. The fact that I might want to bang her isn't disrespectful either.

OT: Sometimes I wonder if you just don't like me. I'm actually still a little upset about your reply to my "coming out to my mother" post. That's a really sensitive subject for me. I'm still suffering from it. I can't even look at my mother any more. I'm trying to avoid her as much as possible.