@DoubleD - I get that the predisposition of child victims that grow up is real, and that it isn't fair. That unfairness is part of the tragedy that makes the crime so despicable. But even with that, there is a choice made when they face temptation.
Treating the matter as a disease though, allows for too many transgressions to slide.
Personally, I draw the line at action. If there's no victim, then there is no crime. If there's a victim or intended victim, then there is a crime - regardless. 🍻
@Stahesh - I want to prevent offenses as much as anyone. My sister, my ex-wife, and the girl I most recently fell for, were all legitimately child victims.
Offenders have been fucking up my ability to build a life, for all my life.
But we have to remember that the govt will abuse any power that we give them. In the US, that entrapment scenario would definitely play out like that.
(redpill knowledge is a life-saver 🫡)
@Stahesh - If you have some FBI agent posing as a 16yo girl, starting conversations and chatting up 22yo dudes... Telling the guys how much they care and want to be with them, and how "it's fine to just hang out"... and then those guys get arrested when they go to meet this girl/fed... That would cross a line.
I wouldn't support that.
@Stahesh - Your comment reminds me of why I quit social media 10yrs ago. I used to enjoy shit-posting crass jokes, innuendo and whatnot... until I realized they were letting legit minors onto social media. And I did not need any misunderstandings in my life.
The internet used to be fun. Who the hell would let kids onto social media?? But yeah, we can't have fun things. 😕
At least there's Merovingian club. 😁🍻
@Stahesh @UncleIroh @ButtWorldsMan ➡️ I think that treating child sex offenses as a disease or "condition" is a mistake.
If it's a disease, then it's a self-inflicted disease, like alcoholism or addiction. There was a choice involved.
@Stahesh @UncleIroh @ButtWorldsMan - yeah, death to attempted offenders is fine with me - though entrapment would be particularly fucked up. It becomes a real fine line there. 🤔
My only point though, is that offenders are a lot like murderers, in that everyone has the capacity to murder someone, but the vast majority of people choose not to.
In the same way, everyone has the capacity to become a pedophile offender, but the vast majority of people don't - which is good, but could be better.➡️
@ButtWorldsMan - no doubt.
My goal is to understand the phenomenon, because in order to solve a problem, one must understand the problem.
It's a common view, to see pedophiles as something that is born, rather than made. And this misunderstanding can lead to misguided and ineffective "solutions", that solve nothing.
It leads to a sort of guilt from birth too. If pedophiles breed more pedophiles, then babies will be born guilty - which is usually bullshit. 🍻
I get a few sideways looks from people, for saying that pedophile offenders aren't that different from normal people - but that they made a choice to first indulge in a fantasy, and then to offend.
And there's a bit of a joke that I used to tell, just to fuck with people for laughs, but that kind of illustrates the point.
It goes like this: Most every man has been in love with a twelve year old...
...back when he was twelve.
Offending is a conscious choice. And this justifies punishment. 🫡
@Morghur - seems like there's a time and place for both... 🤔
@Justicar - I can't stand anime avatars... 🤭
@RegalBeagle - Interesting. I've never been a big fan of medals. To me (an army brat and combat vet) a service man should simply do their job.
I can see why medals mean something to people, but I could also see Napoleon's point when he apocryphally laughed at how he could get soldiers to perform heroically for scraps of tin.
If medals have been made revokable, then even normies should be able to see how hollow and meaningless they are.
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@DoubleD - In that scenario, I would do it.
I'm currently striving to get onto 5 acres via a VA loan - because the end is nigh, or at least big changes are afoot. And having a foothold in self-sufficiency would be reassurance like no other.
My finances are currently wrecked, but for a good cause. I moved my long-lost son to my town. And that's about the only higher priority I had, so definitely worth it.
But yeah, I'm jealous. 😅 Good Luck! 😁🍻
(Do it). 💪🏻😎
@sardonicsmile - as an artist, I could make the guy on the left look decent. 🤔
I mean, the lighting & surroundings are shit. His expression looks like he's taking a shit - bone structure is fine. He looks a little short (hard to tell), and he's got at least a decade on the other guys, maybe two.
But put him at ease and smiling, remove glasses & with decent lighting, and he would at least fit in on the right.
If I had to guess though, I'd say other things are probably more important to him.🍻
@CheshireHuman - It's a valid and profound point. But it does bring a contrary question to mind.
Who says women should be in charge of who gets to breed? 🤔
I mean, women can't be trusted to run their own lives responsibly, and yet we entrust them with the collective demographic future. Why? Why would we ever do that? 🤷🏻♂️❓❗❓
Legit question. 🧐
@Justicar @Based_Accelerationist - I did some BJJ a while ago. Wrestling around with a bunch of big sweaty men. It was pretty gay.
I'm gonna do it again.
@VooDooMedic @Justicar - re: "about all Americans"
If "America" were worth saving, it wouldn't be falling.
@Gonzo17 - dammit! 😠🧚🏻♀️💃🏻
@Scubbie @Based_Accelerationist - If the powers that be are using supernatural powers, or are being used by supernatural powers... then it's all out of our hands.
All we could do is our best, in serving whatever supernatural power we worship. I call mine "God" (though I'm sure he has many names), and I trust in him. I do my best to make sure my actions are in accordance with his will. Since he's the creator, nature is his work, and I use nature as my guide (to include human nature). 🫡🍻
@Based_Accelerationist - Oh yeah, regarding apathy... Maybe I am. This world is doomed. My plan is to survive it, and help build the next world.
So if I seem apathetic, 🤔 I suppose I am. Fuck this world. It deserves to die. Trump has served his cosmic purpose, as far as I can tell. He shook things up.
He could've been great, and that ship has sailed. But aside from all the Zionism, he's done pretty good. We all know a lot more about the cathedral and their machinations, thanks to Trump. 🍻
@Engineer - ... anybody seen Voodoo? 🤔😂