Re: A Lesson for Ethan: The Male Gaze

I raise some concerns about you and G9, and invite you to say "You're full of it" and yawn. First you demand an apology and if I'm unwilling to do that ask me to shut up. I try to tell you that I've said my piece and respectfully let the subject go. Dante brings up the subject again, and I ask for evidence, doing little more than naming the subject, and you say I'm bringing things up in a negative way. I jump up and down to try to get across the message that I respect you and trust you, and then you tell me I'm being arrogant and dismissive. Given what you and others are saying about me these past couple days, it doesn't put me in the mood for giving long, significant hugs.

People say I can't possibly be what I say. I've said a lot on the wider web. I've written much of what's on the virped.org site (including a bio under "Who we are"). I've been writing a lot of blog entries these past several months (celibatepedos.blogspot.com) -- I don't post that kind of thing here because it's kind of intellectual and also preaching to the choir. If you Google for "Ethan Edwards" "pedophilia" you can find lots of places where I've participated in many other discussions. I'm a pedophile who's in favor of feeling good about ourselves and opposed to sexual contact with kids.

Here's the sort of dilemma I face. I was thinking of saying something like "sounds wonderful" in response to gak's latest post about restaurant girl. But I judged he would resent my sullying his thread because my words are not taken at face value, but as coming from the horned devil Ethan. But then I'm accused of never sharing any positive energy about girl moments.