Burglar turns himself in to help catch a Pedophile

[rumborak]

As wrong as CP is, I think the vast majority of it is really just pictures of naked children. I think it's hard to argue that the children involved will carry away such a trauma that murder, overall, is a lesser crime.

rumborak

[ReaPsTA]

Think about it this way.  Most people have thought to themselves "I'd love to kill that son of a bitch."  Even if they don't entirely mean it (because otherwise, they would have done it).  No one other than a pedophile has even thought about bending over little Timmy.

Murder is more... normal.

[Implode]

Interesting point because that's completely true.

[rumborak]

Think about it this way.  Most people have thought to themselves "I'd love to kill that son of a bitch."  Even if they don't entirely mean it (because otherwise, they would have done it).  No one other than a pedophile has even thought about bending over little Timmy.

Murder is more... normal.

That's a good point, and I do understand it on that level. It's just one of those dichotomies where reason (which should be source of court judgment in the end) strongly deviates from gut reaction.
EDIT: Another factor in it is also that we, as a society, have the responsibility to care for our children, whereas we don't for the general public so much. So, when a child gets harmed it is a direct affront to something in our care, whereas a random murder affects a person we, by default, don't even care about.

rumborak

[ZBomber]

I will sum up Cole's argument for everyone: "THERE ARE PEOPLE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, WHO CARES ABOUT CHILDREN BEING MOLESTED AND EXPLOITED FOR SEX"

[MasterShakezula]

How about we (try to, at least) reform the ones who've just looked at CP, and punish the ones who committed molestation?

[jsem]

That was a noble act.

[rumborak]

I'm not sure how much "reformation" one can do with a CP consumer. I would view it at the same level as being gay; it's just something you're attracted to by your nature. I think the sensible thing to do would be to keep them from consuming it, not keep them from wanting to do so.

rumborak

[snapple]

I'm not sure how much "reformation" one can do with a CP consumer. I would view it at the same level as being gay; it's just something you're attracted to by your nature. I think the sensible thing to do would be to keep them from consuming it, not keep them from wanting to do so.

rumborak

You sure it's not a choice?  (I am completely kidding)

[MetalJunkie]

[El Barto]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejD1Gml-ZGc
I don't know how many of y'all got to see this live,  but we stopped work and gathered in the breakroom to watch the whole thing go down.  Personally,  I was fucking enthralled.  I'm pretty sure the guy who got shot in the spine would prefer that his public maiming weren't available for anybody with a morbid interest to watch at their leisure,  yet it's a highlight of all the various pseudo-documentaries the cable networks have created on the matter.  If some weird fuck likes to beat his meat watching this whole thing go down,  I'd certainly look strangely upon his interests, but I wouldn't be rooting for him to spend 30 years getting raped by murders and thugs.

As I've said in the past,  people should be reserving their venom for the people who harm others,  be it children, adults or Irish Setters,  not the weirdos who are merely interested in it.  It's really not that hard to separate the monsters from the creepy.

Wait, what is it exactly we're watching here?

A video of countless violent felonies that destroyed dozens of lives.  Since this was merely violence,  and not The S Word!,  it's grist for America's TV culture.  Compare this to the webcam of some horny 16 year old rubbing one out for the benefit of a bunch of strangers.  One's a vicious and harmful act and it's prime time entertainment,  while the others strictly volluntary, harmless, and federal prison time for anybody who watches it. 

[hefdaddy42]

I will sum up Cole's argument for everyone: "THERE ARE PEOPLE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, WHO CARES ABOUT CHILDREN BEING MOLESTED AND EXPLOITED FOR SEX"

lol