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Child Pornography or Art? Is there a line, if so where?
pi:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 28 May 2008, 10:52 ---
Kid, you know this is a logical fallacy, right? You're comparing two things that aren't really similar. Besides, I'd be willing to argue that spontaneous combustion is probably not a good thing, which means that you've inadvertently argued that paedophilia is tremendously dangerous simply by suggesting that the two are alike.
And it's not a matter of "it'll set the kids up to be sluts," it's a matter of the fact that children don't necessarily understand the consequences of certain actions - sex, for example, might result in pregnancy or AIDS, and those are just physical things.
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Sport, that brings up a question of how intelligent, how mentally capable children are of understanding various concepts. I don't personally have a whole lot of experience with children, but things like pregnancy and sickness don't seem particularly overwhelming for a 6 year old, or what have you.
Both of those can be countered effectively with things like condoms and science.
Besides, it is the responsibility of an AIDS carrier to inform his/her partners of the condition.
By "Like spontaneous combustion?" I meant "As in spontaneous combustion?" There is an explanation at the bottom of the post, granted I added it just 6 mins before your post.
Johnny C:
How are you going to explain AIDS to a six-year-old in a manner that underlines exactly how serious that disease is? I'd really like to see this because it will be interesting to see how you'll broach the subject to someone who learned to read a year previous, and possibly still has to hold hands with whoever is walking them to school.
pi:
If you get it, you will die.
a pack of wolves:
That's a terrible description.
A six year old might be able to grasp the idea of pregnancy, but they aren't capable of consenting to being pregnant (if that were physically possible). Not only could they not really grasp the ramifications of being pregnant (responsibility for a child, physical dangers and alterations, hormones causing changes to behaviour etc) they wouldn't be able to consent to any relationship with an adult due to the imbalance in the power relationship.
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 28 May 2008, 11:17 ---How are you going to explain AIDS to a six-year-old in a manner that underlines exactly how serious that disease is?
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--- Quote from: pi on 28 May 2008, 11:23 ---If you get it, you will die.
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--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 28 May 2008, 11:24 ---That's a terrible description.
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We're supposed to give kids the credit to be able to understand the ramifications of sex, but the best you can muster for explaining AIDS is telling them that it's fatal? I really hope you can see what I'm getting at here.
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