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roachboy · 03-29-2005, 09:47 AM

the boy scouts again. sheesh.

i'll wait to see the link for further information on this.

but my immediate reactions are questions:

how did this guy's porn collection become a public matter?

does the possession of this type of porn necessarily mean that the guy is an active pedophile?
if he is, then why was he not charged with that?
if there is no charge of pedophile activity, what makes you think he is one necessarily?
what linkage do you think there is between possession of pornography and actual sexual behaviours?
do you think that, for example, everyone who cruises about the titty board here actually carries out in 3-d life the scenarios that might arouse in photos?
there are many porn scenarios that look to me like rape: does the fact that folk might, for whatever reason, find this type of thing to be titillating mean that each of them is a rapist?
would not the assumption that there is sich a link pose problems for this board itself?
if there is no such link, insofar as the assumptions that underpin this board are concerned, then why would there necessarily be one in the case of this guy, about whom no-one here appears to know anything?

i am just curious about how the thinking works in some of the responses above.

as for the bsa itself, i do not really care at this point whether the organization collapses or not. i enjoyed my time in the bsa as a kid--but from the point where it invoked its private status to rationalize bigotry (based on the ridiculous association between people who are gay and pedophilia, the kind of idiotic bullshit that comes straight out of christian coalition videos), i lost any remaining respect that i might have had for it.

03-29-2005, 09:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	the boy scouts again. sheesh. i'll wait to see the link for further information on this. but my immediate reactions are questions: how did this guy's porn collection become a public matter? does the possession of this type of porn necessarily mean that the guy is an active pedophile? if he is, then why was he not charged with that? if there is no charge of pedophile activity, what makes you think he is one necessarily? what linkage do you think there is between possession of pornography and actual sexual behaviours? do you think that, for example, everyone who cruises about the titty board here actually carries out in 3-d life the scenarios that might arouse in photos? there are many porn scenarios that look to me like rape: does the fact that folk might, for whatever reason, find this type of thing to be titillating mean that each of them is a rapist? would not the assumption that there is sich a link pose problems for this board itself? if there is no such link, insofar as the assumptions that underpin this board are concerned, then why would there necessarily be one in the case of this guy, about whom no-one here appears to know anything? i am just curious about how the thinking works in some of the responses above. as for the bsa itself, i do not really care at this point whether the organization collapses or not. i enjoyed my time in the bsa as a kid--but from the point where it invoked its private status to rationalize bigotry (based on the ridiculous association between people who are gay and pedophilia, the kind of idiotic bullshit that comes straight out of christian coalition videos), i lost any remaining respect that i might have had for it. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 03-29-2005 at 09:49 AM..