In some sense, people like this--the pedophiles who never do anything, and do their damnedest to keep from even thinking about it--are exercising a virtue that borders on the saintly. They're struggling mightily with a powerful desire that they exert rigid control over. Society should gather round to help them, tell them what a great job they're doing, give them other ways to channel the energy they aren't pouring into molesting kids, and substitutes for the emotional succor that most of us hope to get from our partners.Empathy would be a few steps better than sanctimony.
Instead, we're so revolted and afraid that we wall them into themselves, and probably make it more likely that they'll do something terrible.
Originally from the pit at Tradesports(TM) (RIP 2008) ... on trading, risk, economics, politics, policy, sports, culture, entertainment, and whatever else might increase awareness, interest and liquidity of prediction markets
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil:
Labels:
crime,
culture,
risk,
unintended consequences
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