Discussion: Is pedophilia pseudoscience?

Discussion in 'Formal debates' started by James R, Feb 25, 2009.

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  1. RobDegraves Registered Member

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    However, motivation is hardly an argument for or against a subject.

    Specifically, it's an argumentum ad hominem. A common logical fallacy.
     
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  3. ancientregime Banned Banned

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    Now I'm the one who is lusting after 12 year old?! Bells is Liar. Nowhere did I say that I lust after a 12 year old girl. How do you know I'm not gay? How do you know I may not be asexual and I can see past all this sexual orientation bullshit? Her argument is so weak, she has to make things up.

    Sorry Bells, you are confusing the emotion nausea with lust. The fact someone would feel lust is very different from nausea. Nausea and lust have different neural systems. If the adult were feeling lust, to say it is nausea is a misrepresentation of what is occuring. You have been conditioned to feel nausea at someones romantic appreciation. You go even further to call the act nauseating, but the act is not nauseating, it's simply a feeling of lust occuring in a person who finds another human's physical beauty romantically appealing. You are projectile vomiting your nausea on the situation where there is nothing but a sweet appreciation. You are the only one with a disgusting point of view in this threesome.

    To prove this wrong, you have to show where the nausea orginates from lust full emotions. You won't do this. But I am open see you make an empirical effort and cite a study. I'm not interested in you moral explanations. This is a science site.

    I never called it natural. I claim there is no evidence of harm where it exists in a context abscent of manipulation, threat or violence. Your Cognitive Distortion, All-Or-Nothing argument states that all sex occuring between children and adult is not supported.

    Bells argument is so weak, that she must falsify what I have stated, issue that lie as something I said, then knock her own nonsense down, to make herself look like she's a winnin.

    Bells, when you can face me without lying about what I said, then you'll make some progress.
     
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  5. Stryder Keeper of "good" ideas. Valued Senior Member

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    In regards to the topic:
    Paedophilia is neither Science nor Pseudoscience (There is no Science to be represented or misrepresented in form) Which pretty much undermines the entire notion of a discussion, leaving the discussion to diverge to new levels.

    As for your perspective of my questioning... it is indeed but that, a perspective and not necessarily as rounded as you might think.
     
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  7. ancientregime Banned Banned

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    Oh, so everyone must directly address your argument, but you don't have to directly address theirs? Selfish. You are being obstinate and selfish. Very unprofessional.
     
  8. Stryder Keeper of "good" ideas. Valued Senior Member

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    Again with the circles... I know you think it confuses the Native Americans, rallying the wagons like that, but to be honest, they know you are going no where.... So what's it going to be, answer the question or make yourself nauseatingly dizzy with your misdirectional retorts.
     
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  9. ancientregime Banned Banned

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    Wrong. I have not used a premise to state something outrageous, then followed through with a conclusion. That is the absurd fallacy.

    Maybe you think it is outrageious because I kept the age range open. Your attempt to hit me with absudity is based upon your ability to split the pre-pubscent period into years. If I address a year, you could then bring your absurd claim again and say months old. Then, days, seconds, milliseconds. Your absurdity has no end. Nonsense.




    I'm stopping you there. If you refuse to read the arguments based upon this discussion and then come to the discussion a blather'n, I'm not going to respond to you.

    I already know forcing a child into pornography causes harm. I never claimed otherwise.
     
  10. ancientregime Banned Banned

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    The motive is to accurately represent in a scientific way.

    Now, you still haven't fully explained why you think an adult looking at a 12 year old naked female that feels emotion of apprection for her beauty. Why do think the aesthetic emotion should be tampered and replaced with an emotion of naseaua?:shrug:
     
  11. RobDegraves Registered Member

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    Hmmm... how about answering my points there Ancient Regime. Also.. I am going to address one of yours directly.

    So.. your contention is that there is no harm done to a child that has sex with an adult if there is no coercion right?

    Again.. what age are you talking about?

    10?
    5?
    1?

    Be specific.
     
  12. ancientregime Banned Banned

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    So, you think you can just waltz in here at say, 'oh it's neither science nor psuedo-science discussion over'. We should pack up our arguments and leave now. Tssst.

    Not only are you being unhelpful in decrying the debate pseudo-intellectually, you have no idea what science is apparently.
     
  13. RobDegraves Registered Member

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    It is hardly nonsense and you know it.

    If you seek to apply a general principle, it has to apply in a general way. This is where your argument devolves into absurdity.

    If you seek to apply a specific principle, you need to be specific as to what it applies to.

    Obvious.
     
  14. ancientregime Banned Banned

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    It depends upon your defintion of coersion. In a manipulative sense, I agree coersion has the potetial for signficant harm.


    I already was specific. Pre-pubscent means just what it means. What ever you are setting up, just get along with it.
     
  15. ancientregime Banned Banned

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    I already specificed pre-pubescent. Now, do you have an argument or not?
     
  16. RobDegraves Registered Member

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    Excellent.

    Now... at what age would you say that a child is able to consent?

    Can a one year old consent?

    Can a ten year old consent?


    No.. you are not being specific. Prepubescent could mean a toddler or even a fetus. Is that what you mean?

    Either be specific or abandon any hope of sounding logical or scientific.. because without those you have no science at all.
     
  17. Stryder Keeper of "good" ideas. Valued Senior Member

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    Why does a person have to be naked to have beauty? That would be a more appropriate question.

    There is no "Aesthetic emotion".

    An artist when confronting an audience with artwork when asking "What feelings do you feel when you see this portrait?" would not be happy with "an Aesthetic Emotion" as an answer. They want to know the real feelings, the balance and mergence that makes up the sensation as a total.

    The same is with everything else, there is no emotions in honesty, the revulsion is actually the implication of say a person suggesting sexual arousal. This is why it makes sense to cover a child, not so much for my own benefit but that of those that are presented with such a scene.

    Now I've answered your question, answer mine please.

    Do you belong to a Minority Religion?

    I ask this because I'm trying to understand your subjectivity which currently shrouds the concept of any rational that myself and others have to you.
     
  18. ancientregime Banned Banned

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    Are you advocating that people caught downloading child porn should have their genitals mutilated, their bodies poisoned, and locked up like animals?
     
  19. Stryder Keeper of "good" ideas. Valued Senior Member

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    I advocate you should answer my question.
     
  20. RobDegraves Registered Member

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    Stryder

    By demanding that someone focuses on a side question, you admit that you cannot answer the central premise.

    It's not helping your side.


    Ancientregime

    By refusing to be specific... you admit that your statement is not in fact scientific.
     
  21. ancientregime Banned Banned

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    No that is not a more appropriate question. Beauty can exist with or without clothes. Although, the flesh is raw beauty.


    Aesthic is theory as to what is beautiful. When we see something attractive, we get postive emotions. I indicate a category of postive emotions by aesthetic emotions. Forgive me, I have been informal.


    I already addressed this with Bells...
    Sorry Bells, you are confusing the emotion nausea with lust. The fact someone would feel lust is very different from nausea. Nausea and lust have different neural systems. If the adult were feeling lust, to say it is nausea is a misrepresentation of what is occuring. You have been conditioned to feel nausea at someones romantic appreciation. You go even further to call the act nauseating, but the act is not nauseating, it's simply a feeling of lust occuring in a person who finds another human's physical beauty romantically appealing. You are projectile vomiting your nausea on the situation where there is nothing but a sweet appreciation. You are the only one with a disgusting point of view in this threesome.

    Do you belong to a Minority Religion?

    Yes. It's what the others call, dare I say it...

    ...Shcience.


    It' not really a religion, but many people view it that way.


    ....Oh, those faith-basers.
     
  22. ancientregime Banned Banned

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    I was specific. There is a category of ages before the turf begins to grow, I mean all of them. that is just as specific as mammal in the animal taxonomy. What don't you get about that? How many times do we have to go over this?

    It's obvious you are trying to set something up. Don't make me play the Psychic Carny who guesses your age. What's your argument? Why are you so intereted in age? Come on with it.
     
  23. leopold Valued Senior Member

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    HEY, wait a minute.
    you hold everyone else up to the scientific light now its YOUR turn.
    answer the question ancient regime.
     
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