The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #107371   Message #2225637
Posted By: alanabit
31-Dec-07 - 01:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: To Catch a Predator
Subject: RE: BS: To Catch a Predator
I can think of plenty of moments in my own murky past, which I would not like to be held up for public ridicule and humiliation.
My children, indeed all children, deserve to be protected from sexual (indeed any type of) predators. I am fortunate in not having any particular desire for sexual contact with very young or very old people. In fact, I have no desire for anything except willing concensual sex. That does not make me good. It makes me bloody lucky. I was also lucky enough to be born with a natural aversion to excess in most things - like alcohol, drugs or eating. It has nothing to do with will power. Nature has simply been very kind to me.
Does that make me any better than a child molestor? My self esteem is not currently so low that I feel the need to feel good - or even self-righteously angry about that sort of thing.
I bet I am not the only Mudcatter, who would not like their most unpleasant moments to be held up for public examination. Making entertainment out of other people's misery tells us more about the audience than it does about the subjects of ridicule - no matter how distasteful they are.