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View Poll Results: Could you forgive a pedophile?
Yes 75 24.04%
No 237 75.96%
Voters: 312. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-22-2012, 02:54 PM
 
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I guess the forgiving is up to victims only, anyway...
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Old 09-22-2012, 02:59 PM
 
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There is a push to normalize pedophilia going on. The old it's not their fault type of nonsense and BS about how we have to have tolerance and on and on. I dread to see where this country ends up in 25 years if these folks get their way.

Conference aims to normalize pedophilia | The Daily Caller
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Old 09-22-2012, 03:04 PM
 
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A pedophile in the true sense of the word? A man who sexually molests a younger, defenseless child? No, never. Ditto a child murderer.
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Old 09-22-2012, 03:07 PM
 
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I don't think anyone is trying to normalize it, but there is no point in pretending they are monsters, either. I mean, pedophilia has been around for ages, sometimes it was considered normal, like with the Romans, sometimes it was simply not talked about. But it has always been there and unfortunately always will be...
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Old 09-22-2012, 03:10 PM
 
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I don't think anyone is trying to normalize it, but there is no point in pretending they are monsters, either. I mean, pedophilia has been around for ages, sometimes it was considered normal, like with the Romans, sometimes it was simply not talked about. But it has always been there and unfortunately always will be...
These people are from my link .......

The August 17 Baltimore conference is sponsored by B4U-ACT, a group of pro-pedophile mental health professionals and sympathetic activists.
Read more: Conference aims to normalize pedophilia | The Daily Caller
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Old 09-22-2012, 03:23 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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Everyone should be able to earn forgiveness.
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Old 09-22-2012, 03:25 PM
 
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As he's swinging from the rope...
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Old 09-22-2012, 03:25 PM
 
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What does forgiveness intail?

We don't know what causes pedophilia nor do we know what to do to fix it. ..

?????????? "causes" pedophilia? Do you know what causes murder? Theft? Etc?
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Old 09-22-2012, 03:27 PM
 
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These people are from my link .......

The August 17 Baltimore conference is sponsored by B4U-ACT, a group of pro-pedophile mental health professionals and sympathetic activists.
Read more: Conference aims to normalize pedophilia | The Daily Caller
Pro-pedophile?! That sounds like the same mistake conservatives make when they call people pro-abortion...
I don't know those people, but I don't think anyone thinks pedophilia should be considered normal. It is a problem, but that doesn't mean it can be solved. As far as I know there is no reliable treatment or therapy. A brain is not a simple machine where one can adjust a few parameters to make it work in the desired way.
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Old 09-22-2012, 03:28 PM
 
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I guess what it comes down to is: should they be shot/locked away forever, even if it was just one time, or should they be 'rehabilitated?' I mean like a murderer or rapist you never REALLY know, which is the disturbing part, but then again there are pedophiles lurking around who haven't committed an offence yet. I guess even if it's a 'sexual orientation' it's not one that society can tolerate, so maybe they could be given a chemical that removes their desire or castrated?
Why would you treat them any different than other criminals? And which violent crimes can society tolerate?

Should you cut off the hands of a thief?
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