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Originally Posted by Pierre
Bit over the top *attack* being a bit emotional there.
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Yawn. Is this the best you can do?
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No, I don't know them personally, but I think it is a safe assumption.
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You *think*...!!!
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Highlighting the emotional impact of an issue can help bring more people in to discuss the relevant issues, thereby making for a healthier debate.
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Unfortunately it does not "make for a healthier debate" because when emotion becomes involved, rational thought tends to go out through the window. There are innumerable examples of this in these forums alone!!!
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I was not making it representative of all paedophiles you have jumped to that conlusion yourself. I was merely highlighting it as scenario that can,has and could happen.
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Yes, but you, yourself said (I quote) "This is the scenario that frightens the public"
Yet this scenario is actually *extremely* unlikely! However because it is "emotional" any *rational* consideration of the risks is overwhelmed.
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I've never heard of a Ford Capri raping a child??
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Ah, *more* reasoned debate...
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Just because a child is more likely to be killed by a car/whatever does not detract from the argument and is quite quite frankly a very weak point.
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In 2001 over five *THOUSAND* children were killed or seriously injured in accidents on Britain's roads.
http://www.theaa.com/staticdocs/pdf/...ild_safety.pdf
Can you *really* just ignore that with a glib comment??
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And I don't dispute that. The shame is that before you have the "evidence" that a Paedophile is a re-offender a child must either be raped or killed.
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Yes, I agree it is a shame, however until you have the ability to read people's minds or peer into the future, the next best option is to give them psychological counselling, put them on the sex offenders register and monitor their behaviour, to try to *prevent* them from re-offending.