Posted by cubbybear on November 26, 2004, at 0:19:32
In reply to Re: illness or the thoughts of a rational human being?, posted by linkadge on November 25, 2004, at 12:23:41
> Let me see if I have this straight. Pedophilia is not a choice, it's not a mental illnes, but acting upon it is illegal. We certainly have a connundrum. We've got thousands of people who have to live very difficult lives.
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> If an oxytocin blocker (we're not talking oxycontin the pain reliever notice the subtle spelling difference) can deminish the drive of these people then it is obviously diminishing the suffering of them as well.Very well put--except that paedophiles in the Western nations are suffering --not because of their sexual inclination per se, but because they are continuously being vilified, spat upon, run out of their communities, denied employment, denied the right to own a computer, threatened with death--you name it. That's where the suffering would come from.
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