Re: guilt is in the intent or self gratification

["Helen" <elbo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great thought!!!!!!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Palmer" <derekclive@hotmail.com>
To: <TheWho@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 7:24 PM
Subject: guilt is in the intent or self gratification


> Most people just don't seem to get it. A person's guilt, if there is any,
is
> all in the intent and reaction to the viewing of the pornographic sites.
If
> two people both view child pornography and one is revolted by it, like
> Townshend is, and one is aroused by it, like a true peophile, are you
> telling me they have both committed the same "said crime." or are they
both
> guilty of being a pedophile or a menace to society? It's perhaps comparing
a
> murderer like Charles Manson to somebody who kills in defense of their
> family. Manson had intent to kill whereas the other person was killing in
> self defense. They have both committed the crime of murder but surely
there
> are differences. If anybody reading this has personally ever viewed
anything
> to deal with child pornography you too are a pedophile? No. It depends on
> your reaction to it. There are many sites on the net that show photos of
> some pretty disturbing and graphic images, such as car accidents,
autopsies,
> human suffering etc. but most people view them out of curiosity and are
> usually repelled by what they see. Are people who view photos of fires all
a
> danger to society because they may be arsonists? No, of course not. You
only
> have to worry about those who are aroused or get excited by it, not by
those
> people who abhor it. People who actively seek these sites out to get self
> satisfaction from them may have a problem, maybe nothing that will ever be
> seen by anybody else, but still a problem perhaps, within their own mind.
> But anybody who does get off on these types of things and keeps their
> thoughts and reactions to themselves, surely aren't dangerous. Since when
> did simply viewing something distasteful make you a criminal. Any crime,
if
> there is one, or any sickness, lies in the individuals intent and reaction
> to the images not simply by looking by at them. It's a shame that anybody
> who links Townshend to pedophilia are walking around this planet devoid of
> any common sense whatsoever. There is only one person who truly knows his
> reaction to these images and that is Pete himself. And I see no reason not
> to believe him.
>
>
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