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Pretty sure that's done algorithmically. The staff has no control over that.Rival I start a thread that's up to 121 posts and its not picked up as a featured thread, why is that, discrimination???
But what you're essentially saying here is that people, anyone, with what people consider unhealthy fantasies should never have those fantasies. This is going to be an absolute hell for those people. A fantasy is that person's only outlet, only legal outlet, for their sexual desires and it would be madness to take that away from them. Repression is not a good thing and as all psychologists know, can have terrible consequences; it can lead to violence, rape, murder and all sorts of crazy nasty things. To deny people their fantasies would be tantamount to the worst repression possible and eventually lead to a worse outcome than you were originally trying to stop. These people have no legal outlet for their sexual desires whatsoever if we were to follow your line of thought and that can only ever end badly. A sexual fantasy is one of a person's most intimate outlets and I am not one for saying what should and should not go on in a person's head.Lyndon may not be somebody, but the people who write the DMS-5 and the ICD-11 are certainly well-qualified. I can't believe you're actually implying that fantasizing about having sex with children is healthy.
I believe it depends upon which forum the thread is posted in as to whether it can become featured. Staff don't pick featured threads but we can unfeature.Rival I start a thread that's up to 121 posts and its not picked up as a featured thread, why is that, discrimination???
I might be considered a mass murderer on certain days in rush hour standard if that criterion was held to.And I keep telling you that paedophilia isn't an act, it's a sexual desire. Just like being straight isn't an act, but a sexual desire for the opposite sex. If you are arguing against people who rape children then I'm with you. Anyone who rapes anyone else should be locked up.
No one is making excuses for pedophilia.The problem here is that I'm not making excuses for pedophilia, which is inherently a violent crime.
Yes. We don't encourage people to act on their mental disorders. We help them to manage and mitigate the symptoms, not to act on them. People have fantasies about suicide too, but we most certainly don't encourage that and we refer people to help networks whenever those fantasies or ideations come up.But what you're essentially saying here is that people, anyone, with what people consider unhealthy fantasies should never have those fantasies.
The medical community says what should and should not go on in a person's head all the time. It's the reason classifications for mental disorders exist. If you're fantasizing about having sex with prepubescent children, there's something deeply wrong with you and you need help. (General "you" of course.) Pedophiles are commonly prescribed medication that lowers their sex drive. If we don't have a cure for pedophilia, then we can at least do our best to inhibit their sex drive as much as possible and teach them how to manage the symptoms of their disorder. We can give them support networks to lead healthy lives despite their conditions. Just because their whacking it to videos of kids on YouTube is legal doesn't mean we should encourage it or say it's okay. Alcoholism is perfectly legal, but we don't just keep rationing bottles of beer to alcoholics because drinking alcohol is legal.This is going to be an absolute hell for those people. A fantasy is that person's only outlet, only legal outlet, for their sexual desires and it would be madness to take that away from them. Repression is not a good thing and as all psychologists know, can have terrible consequences; it can lead to violence, rape, murder and all sorts of crazy nasty things. To deny people their fantasies would be tantamount to the worst repression possible and eventually lead to a worse outcome that you were originally try to stop. These people have no legal outlet for their sexual desires whatsoever if we were to follow your line of thought and that can only ever end badly. A sexual fantasy is one of a person's most intimate outlets and I am not one for saying what should and should not go on in a person's head.
I believe it depends upon which forum the thread is posted in as to whether it can become featured. Staff don't pick featured threads but we can unfeature.
I can see where you are coming from, but we are on different wavelengths here. I'm of the opinion it would be better to give them a healthy outlet instead of repressing their drive altogether. Also, I'm not sure if sex-drive reducing drugs work all that well on women but I could well be wrong.Yes. We don't encourage people to act on their mental disorders. We help them to manage and mitigate the symptoms, not to act on them. People have fantasies about suicide too, but we most certainly don't encourage that and we refer people to help networks whenever those fantasies or ideations come up.
The medical community says what should and should not go on in a person's head all the time. It's the reason classifications for mental disorders exist. If you're fantasizing about having sex with prepubescent children, there's something deeply wrong with you and you need help. (General "you" of course.) Pedophiles are commonly prescribed medication that lowers their sex drive. If we don't have a cure for pedophilia, then we can at least do our best to inhibit their sex drive as much as possible and teach them how to manage the symptoms of their disorder. We can give them support networks to lead healthy lives despite their conditions. Just because their whacking it to videos of kids on YouTube is legal doesn't mean we should encourage it or say it's okay. Alcoholism is perfectly legal, but we don't just keep rationing bottles of beer to alcoholics because drinking alcohol is legal.
Are you now complaining because your thread isn't featured? You'll have to take that up with the software.Sorry but there can be no possible reason a thread in Morals and Ethics category is not eligible for featured status, try again!!
I had to look RedTube up. Oh my. There were not huskies on there. No rabbits either.Watching videos of kids in bathing suits, trunks, or whatever else on YouTube isn't illegal. People can't just assume someone's intention in watching videos. Nevertheless, paedophiles watch videos of kids on YouTube - who is surprised? What is the offence? I guess soon zoophiles are going to be targeted for watching videos of huskies. If it were on RedTube, sure, be concerned.
They have that outlet already; there's no law about getting off to almost anything you want to which isn't already banned by law (zoophilia, child pornography, etc.). My thing is getting them to not need to resort to that outlet in the first place.I can see where you are coming from, but we are on different wavelengths here. I'm of the opinion it would be better to give them a healthy outlet instead of repressing their drive altogether. Also, I'm not sure if sex-drive reducing drugs work all that well on women but I could well be wrong.
I had to look RedTube up. Oh my. There were not huskies on there. No rabbits either.
Depends on which people are in them I suppose.Do people in dog and rabbit costumes count?
None of the people on that RedTube were wearing costumes or anything else.Do people in dog and rabbit costumes count?
She's joshing with you.None of the people on that RedTube were wearing costumes or anything else.
Sorry. So was I. Perhaps I did not do too well at getting that across.She's joshing with you.
Sometimes, I am a bad rabbit.She's joshing with you.
Every proverbial grandma with gray hair and blue cat eye glasses with a dangling gold chain that ever watched peoples children's gawd awful home movies and commented about how darling they are , happen to be pedos?So now we're defending pedophilia, I just can't believe this!!