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Nuff said on Pete: who was harmed?



>Your analogy is flawed. You are comparing apples and oranges. The purchase of a substance for your personal use, that harms no one other than your self, vs. the purchase of a substance for your personal use where innocent children have been directly harmed. It's not even close.

Kevin:

Yes, you're absolutely right. BIG difference between the two, and the right way to look at it is: who was harmed.

So...let's take that to Pete's case here (which I was sick of reading about before and am less than happy to see its return). Pete accessed a site. Who was harmed? Alan is right about the concept of funding the next rape is ridiculous...this site is about making money. Captialism. To say it funds more child porn is as stupid as the idea that buying pot funds terrorism. The site owners were there to make money, period. Pete provided them with some. Not great but not "funding child rape." Who knows if the site owners are even pedophiles themselves, or just sick opportunists?

>No one has accused Pete of anything, from what I've read.

And for me, that's the bottom line. Pete is not a pedophile. Nuff said. From there, it's not an issue for me. I've been to the Charles Manson site, but I'm not a member of the family or support it in any way. I was just interested.

> Realty is that certain substances 
*are* illegal and the money you pay to obtain them *does* go to people who use it to do all sorts of nasty things. 

Jim M:

I beg to differ. Many moons ago I was a drug dealer. What did I use my money for? Rent, food, parties, women, fun, concerts. Nothing "nasty." I knew many other drug dealers. They used their money for the same things. This is not to say each and every drug dealer isn't doing something bad, there are probably some out there somewhere (depends if you count protecting themselves from the police as "evil"), but as far as any evidence the VAST majority of drug sellers are just people like you and me...doing their job to make money to live in a less-than-friendly economy.

>Let's try to remember one thing. Pete is not a Pedophile. OK? 

We agree on that, at least.


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