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Mugwump
Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Between London and Melbourne
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David wrote: | ^ I have a feeling that human beings won't be losing their interest in flesh and blood any time soon... |
.... But enough of your perversions, already.... _________________ Two more flags before I die! |
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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thesoretoothsayer wrote: | Dave, totally agree with your post.
However, the "safe outlet for certain antisocial desires" part does raise moral questions.
We all seem happy with adult sexbots.
However, what about a sexbot that looks like a 16 year old girl?
A 12 year old girl?
A 6 year old boy?
What are we, as a society, prepared to accept? |
All the more so – I'm sure I've already written at length on that subject elsewhere. If 'moral' for you, as for me, means protecting children from abuse, then why wouldn't you want people with those potentially dangerous inclinations to have a non-harmful outlet? _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Pies4shaw
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I read a couple of weeks ago that the UK has prosecuted cases of importation of "child" dolls. The position the prosecuting authorities there take seems to be that the transgressors don't by any means limit their activities to the dolls. I'll try to find the link. |
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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While the individuals in question may or may not commit other criminal offences, I would tend to see the dolls as pretty incidental in that. What's important, I think, is that such things could be useful tools to prevent offence (perhaps used as part of a broader regime of therapy and self-reporting).
It all comes down to whether one sees such conditions as being brought about and modified by thoughts and behaviour (a parallel argument, for example, would be that watching gay porn makes one gayer) as opposed to being inherent and fixed. From my understanding, the psych consensus is increasingly leaning towards the latter. If that's the case, the focus has to turn to self-regulation, and I think it's pretty well established that displacement is more effective than repression – certainly, that would seem to be the lesson we've learned from the Catholic Church. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Pies4shaw
pies4shaw
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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A lot of the people quoted in that first article seem very sure that it must be made illegal, but don't seem to provide any actual reasons why it should be so. The main reason seems to be, as you say, indication of other offences (although in reality all it indicates is the same sexual interest that's often a causal factor in those offences). _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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Couple more years til they get the AI working, and I'm buying. A long as she comes with a mute button. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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swoop42
Whatcha gonna do when he comes for you?
Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Location: The 18
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Personally I think it's ridiculous that people can be prosecuted because they have a desire for an inanimate doll in the form of a child.
I dare say for many that doll would placate desires that otherwise could lead to unwanted sexual advances on real children.
For those who go on to offend those desires were present already and weren't the result of a doll. _________________ He's mad. He's bad. He's MaynHARD! |
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think positive
Side By Side
Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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Maybe so, just means they were born sick @&$!S _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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Oh I get they were born sick @&$!S . |
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think positive
Side By Side
Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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Yup Hal, and they reckon the AI ain't working yet! Well done! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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How about that. Do you mean you are finished talking? |
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think positive
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Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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Nope, never, nada, not happening, ever! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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