Paul, your comment had me thinking for the past few days about a deeper
aspect/corollary: Is my own judgement of those people who keep requesting
the takedown of those photos akin that very behavior that caused my
reaction?
My first thought was: Paul might be right in pointing that out.
But no, there is a big difference (even though it might seem subtle at
first).
Indeed, a lot of our views of what is acceptable and what is not is based
on one's moral code, which is not absolute, and depends on the geography,
time, culture, group of the population, etc. And who is the judge whose
moral code is superior? (That's a valid question, and I have my answers to
that, but I don't this discussion to digress that way.)
My reaction is not about the differences in the moral code. Rather,
it is based on the common aspect ("denominator") of their and my moral
code: pedophilia is not normal. But seeing in a photo of a naked kid and
man signs of pedophilia is a symptom of abnormality that has nothing to do
with the moral code. That's what falls under the definition of _paranoia_.
And I might be slightly in the classification, but I think _paranoia_ is
included in the category "crazy".
Yes, there is another aspect that is related just to the acceptance (or
lack of such) of naked body in the photos. That indeed is related
to the differences in the moral code, but as much as I might disagree with
some puritans, that's not what I was referring to. And this is an
important distinction.
Igor
Paul Stenquist Fri, 20 May 2016 21:12:08 -0700 wrote:
I think it's great, and it certainly belongs on Facebook. On the other
hand I realize that the social mores of some differ from mine and from the
moral code of our contemporary society. They're not crazy, just different.
It's odd that the modern world is quick to condemn those who disparage
others because their religion or skin color is different but we think it's
perfectly okay to mock those whose moral code differs from our own and
categorize them as crazy. Another example of how political correctness has
failed us.
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