>> As a result I don't know what they're talking about... I've asked name at
domain what these comments are, since they wrote that post to their own blog,
but I'd like to know if anyone here has any idea what they're referring to?
Richard Stallman comments regarding pedophilia:
"Dubya has nominated another caveman for a federal appeals court.
Refreshingly, the Democratic Party is organizing opposition.
[Reference updated on 2018-05-10 because the old link was broken.]
The nominee is quoted as saying that if the choice of a sexual partner were
protected by the Constitution, "prostitution, adultery, necrophilia,
bestiality, possession of child pornography, and even incest and pedophilia"
also would be. He is probably mistaken, legally--but that is unfortunate. All
of these acts should be legal as long as no one is coerced. They are illegal
only because of prejudice and narrowmindedness.
Some rules might be called for when these acts directly affect other people's
interests. For incest, contraception could be mandatory to avoid risk of
inbreeding. For prostitution, a license should be required to ensure
prostitutes get regular medical check-ups, and they should have training and
support in insisting on use of condoms. This will be an advance in public
health, compared with the situation today.
For necrophilia, it might be necessary to ask the next of kin for permission
if the decedent's will did not authorize it. Necrophilia would be my second
choice for what should be done with my corpse, the first being scientific or
medical use. Once my dead body is no longer of any use to me, it may as well
be of some use to someone. Besides, I often enjoy rhinophytonecrophilia
(nasal sex with dead plants)." - RMS -
https://stallman.org/archives/2003-mar-jun.html
"Dutch pedophiles have formed a political party to campaign for legalization.
[Reference updated on 2018-04-25 because the old link was broken.]
I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children. The
arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren't
voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the idea
that their little baby is maturing." - RMS -
https://stallman.org/archives/2006-mar-jun.html#05%20June%202006%20(Dutch%20paedophiles%20form%20political%20party
"There is little evidence to justify the widespread assumption that willing
participation in pedophilia hurts children.
Granted, children may not dare say no to an older relative, or may not
realize they could say no; in that case, even if they do not overtly object,
the relationship may still feel imposed to them. That's not willing
participation, it's imposed participation, a different issue." - RMS -
https://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#04_January_2013_(Pedophilia
And for completeness sake.
"Many years ago I posted that I could not see anything wrong about sex
between an adult and a child, if the child accepted it.
Through personal conversations in recent years, I've learned to understand
how sex with a child can harm per psychologically. This changed my mind about
the matter: I think adults should not do that. I am grateful for the
conversations that enabled me to understand why." - RMS -
https://stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html#14_September_2019_(Sex_between_an_adult_and_a_child_is_wrong)
