Originally Posted by daswig

Yup, just like murder is generally a capital offense, but theft isn't. Why is that? Could it be because money can be replaced, and is, after all, just a thing, while life and a child's innocence are far harder to fix? If somebody offered you fifty million dollars in compensation in exchange for your allowing them to assrape your child, would you do it?

I think if you had a little bit more contact with people who had been sexually abused as a child, or if you actually had a child of your own, you might have a slightly different perspective.