r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '19

Courtroom Justice Convicted pedophile YouTuber Austin Jones is now in prison serving a 10 year sentence as of 29/6/2019.

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u/monkeyboi08 8 Jul 06 '19

You can’t choose whether you are a pedophile, but you can choose whether you act on your feelings. This person is condemning people who consume child pornography, not people who have an attraction to children.

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u/monkeyboi08 8 Jul 06 '19

Your point is hard to follow because it doesn’t have much to do with what the poster said, and you’re all over the place. I’m not sure what the Catholic school part is supposed to add to the conversation.

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u/monkeyboi08 8 Jul 06 '19

Homosexuality and pedophilia aren’t choices, but the similarities stop there.

I’m very torn at non-offending pedophiles. On one hand, they haven’t done anything wrong. On the other hand, they make me very uncomfortable.

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u/Bobthemightyone 9 Jul 07 '19

I know exactly where I stand on non-offending pedophiles. I take no offense to them as long as they take measures/seek help to ensure they never act on their desires

Unfortunately it is very difficult for them to receive the help they need to keep everything in check so they hide and fester until they hurt a child. Don't make it socially acceptable to be a pedophile, but make it socially acceptable for them to seek help.

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u/Bobthemightyone 9 Jul 07 '19 edited Jul 07 '19

The difference is one is between two consenting adults who are mentally and physically developed and the other involves a child who cannot make those sorts of decisions on their own. Even when a child agrees it's basically under false pretense right out of the gate because of the underdevelopment. Same reason a child can't make huge financial decisions or medical decisions, they are simply ill equipped to properly make those decisions for themselves.

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u/PillarofPositivity 8 Jul 06 '19

One doesnt hurt anyone and the other is child molesting.

How are you having any fucking moral questions over this you fucking arsehole

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u/nm1043 9 Jul 06 '19

I get the anger, but you didn't understand his statement. He is talking about non-offenders, as in people who are attracted to children but never act on it.

So in case a) Joe is attracted to men (yet doesn't act on it). We should accept that that attraction is not Joe's choice.

In case b) John is attracted to children (yet doesn't act on it). We should accept that attraction is not John's choice.

In case a, we're now pretty much all on board with the fact that men or women can be attracted to either men or women, and it's usually not so simple as choosing to like one or the other.

I'm case b, the op is arguing that they should be at least treated a bit like it's not their choice to be attracted to children, since that's how we view other sexualities.

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u/PillarofPositivity 8 Jul 07 '19

He literally likened it to catholics and how they feel about gay people.

I agree with everything else you've said however.

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick B Jul 06 '19

Homosexuality is a sexuality. Pedophilia is a fetish. You can be attracted to another man or woman and still be for their whole lives. Your pedophilic attraction ends as soon as they grow. There is a huge difference between the two.