From: ibshambat@gmail.com   
      
   There are people who think that “sickos” and “psychos” are at the root   
   of everything that is wrong with the world.   
      
   In fact there are many things worse than “sickos” and “psychos.”   
      
   There is genocide. There is war. There is destruction of whole ways of life.   
   There is rainforest deforestation and federal debt. These people are   
   hyper-focusing on issues concerning themselves even as they do nothing to   
   address major problems affecting    
   everyone else. And until they have sympathy for matters concerning others,   
   they have no right for sympathy for matters affecting themselves.   
      
   In recent times we have seen a demonization of sex offenders. They are being   
   treated as demons. They are not demons; they are people who did something   
   wrong. Sex crime is just that: a crime. It means that you’ve done something   
   bad. It doesn’t mean    
   that you are incurably evil.   
      
   The sex offenders in jail are treated terribly. I take issue with   
   disproportionate punishments. Even if a man has committed a sex crime it   
   doesn’t mean that he deserves to be buggered and beaten every day. And it   
   also doesn’t mean that everyone must    
   treat him as though he had cooties.   
      
   Are there “sickos” and “psychos?” Of course there are. But they are   
   not at the root of everything that is wrong with the world. Most wrong done is   
   done by people who are perfectly normal. And, given that these people are   
   behind many of these    
   problems, their stance singling out the “sickos” and “psychos” is   
   totally hypocritical.   
      
   It is important therefore that matters be put into perspective. If you don’t   
   care what you’re doing to the world, the world should not be caring about   
   your concerns. I would like to see things safer for children, but I condone   
   neither demonization    
   nor disproportionate punishments. And I would also like to see attention paid   
   to bigger issues affecting us all.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)