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Subject:	Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms"
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sat, 22 Dec 2001 14:18:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes: > > > Violence much be eshewed as well, but there is a fine > > > line WRT teaching children about good and evil. There is no such line when • it > > > comes to the topic of sex and children. That's because sex is neither good nor evil. > > > The very definition of a child is one who hasn't knowledge of > > > such things, and presenting it to them forces their > > > childhood from them, which is, in my mind, evil. > > > > Interesting definition of childhood-- I think I agree with the definition... > > However, I'm not sure I see it as evil if one attempted to 'force' adult > > information on them. > > Innocence, once lost, is gone forever. Experience comes with age. When > experience comes before age (childhood), healthy development is almost > certainly impossible. What you think of as normal and healthy is not. It is a stunted charicature of humanity. People seek out experiences when they are ready for them. This information isn't being forced on the inocent babes, it is merely available. That's not evil! Evil is keeping humans in the bondage borne of ignorance to satisfy your own sense of worth and justification. Evil is preventing others from accessing the information and ideas that their minds and bodies crave. Evil is filling the minds of the unexperienced juvenile with mythology told as truth in order to compell adherence to ridiculous and destructive standards. > Anyone who would rob a child of the chance to develop normally into > a mature, healthy adult... yeah, I'd call them (or their acts) evil. You mean by preventing their responsible and educated exploration of sexuality as an adolescent? I guess I'd call that evil too. Who knew that we'd end up agreeing? Chris

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		Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms"
(...) It can be. S & M, which combines sex and violence is evil; rape is evil. (...) What I am talking about is presenting adult material before a child is mature enough to handle it. In this example, a child wouldn't be seeking out this (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms"
(...) Of course. Sometimew it is unavoidable Please provide an acceptable solution to stopping the moral dilemma of the Nazi tyranny in WWII without violence. (...) Disagree. I think good and evil can be distinguished IRL. Sometimes it's harder (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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