--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > > <jstein@> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > > > <jstein@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" > > > <sparaig@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > Were I a fundamentalist christian, I might call > > > > > it "counter > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > nature." Instead, I just call it something I'm not > > > into > > > > > for > > > > > > > > various > > > > > > > > > > reasons. However, I don't justify my personal > > distaste > > > by > > > > > > > > condemning > > > > > > > > > > other peoplefor having other tastes. Of coruse, > there > > > are > > > > > > some > > > > > > > > who > > > > > > > > > > equate homosexualality with pediphilia and view > both > > > as a > > > > > > > matter > > > > > > > > > > of "taste" so for them, it goes beyond a matter of > > > taste. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, but there's no excuse *whatsoever* for equating > > > > > > > > > homosexuality with pedophilia. A pedophile is one > whose > > > > > > > > > sexual preference is for *prepubescent children*, of > > > > > > > > > either sex. That's just a fact, that's not an > opinion > > > > > > > > > or a matter of "taste." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If the sex object is past puberty, it isn't > pedophilia. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, just for the record, pedophilia is considered a > > > > > > > > sexual disorder, whereas homosexuality is not, at least > > > > > > > > clinically. A man who is attracted to young boys, if > > > > > > > > they are past puberty, is no more sexually disordered > > > > > > > > than a man who is attracted to post-pubescent young > > > > > > > > girls. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So as long as the boy has pubic hair and his voice has > > > dropped, > > > > > if > > > > > > > he willingly engages in sex with a 60 year old man, then > > the > > > 60 > > > > > > > year old is ONLY guilty of statutory rape? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is that what you're saying? > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry, can you show me where I was talking about > > > > > > guilt or legal distinctions? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pedophilia = illegal > > > > > > > > > > homosexuality = legal > > > > > > > > I'm sorry, can you show me where I was talking about > > > > guilt or legal distinctions? > > > > > > > > > Okay, forget whether or not you were talking about guilt or > legal > > > distinctions... > > > > No need to "forget whether or not," just acknowledge > > that I was not. > > > > > I'm now asking you whether a 60 year old man who > > > engages in consentual homosexual sex with a post-pubescent 12 > year > > > old is only guilty of statutory rape and nothing else? > > > > How should I know? Look it up yourself. > > > > (sigh) > > Okay, let's try it this way.
Let's try *what* this way, Shemp? Somewhere in your mind you've made some very odd connection between what I wrote and the question you keep trying to ask. Make that connection explicit, or forget it. > Judy, above you said: > > "Also, just for the record, pedophilia is considered a sexual > disorder, whereas homosexuality is not, at least clinically. A man > who is attracted to young boys, if they are past puberty, is no > more sexually disordered than a man who is attracted to post- > pubescent young girls." > > Do you think it is acceptable for a consenting post-pubescent 12- > year-old male to consent to sex with a 60-year-old male? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
