[116945] in Cypherpunks
Re: Cowards at Amazon.com
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petro)
Tue Aug 24 04:11:11 1999
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:19:30 -0700
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From: Petro <petro@suba.com>
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>Petro writes:
>> These people are genuinely concerned for children (well, most
>> of them), they just go too far.
>
>They are exploiters of public hysteria for self-promotion. The children
>are just window-dressing.
>What precise qualifications does "Dr." Laura have anyway? Her doctorate
>is in Physiology, and her other degree is by mail order.
>She is an entertainer, and hardly an expert on human sexuality.
She doesn't claim to be. All she really cares about is kids
and herself.
Many people hate her because she tells they their lifestyles
are stupid and self destructive. She's often right.
I happen to agree with her that intercourse and sexual
intimacy between adults and children is wrong, and anyone who is _so_
driven by their urges that they cannot resist these actions is one
sick individual.
I am not talking about a 22 year old male dating a 17 year
old--that's just immature. I'm talking about minors having sex with
people ten years their senior--that is IMO predatory. You can look
all you want, fine. Don't Touch.
And I am not one to get all hysterical about 2 teenagers
having sex. No, I don't happen to think it's a good idea. I did it,
and I, and just about every teen I knew was dumber than hell about it.
Sure, it's natural, but so's opium. You want your son or
daughter smoking that shit? Howabout hemlock? That's natural.
Natural ain't the same as good.
Back to the topic--what NAMBLA stands for is disgusting.
Maybe even as disgusting as what the Nazis stand for--it's their
right to believe the way they do, and my right to despise the living
hell out of them.
--
"To sum up: The entire structure of antitrust statutes in this
country is a jumble of economic irrationality and ignorance. It is a
product: (a) of a gross misinterpretation of history, and (b) of
rather naïve, and certainly unrealistic, economic theories." Alan
Greenspan, "Anti-trust"
http://www.ecosystems.net/mgering/antitrust.html
