sapphi_snake said:
But the thing is that these laws exist as a response to child abuse. You're trying to suggest that they're the cause, which is quite silly. If what you're saying is true about those statistics, it only shows that asians are less likely than whites to abuse children. Relaxing laws for child abusers would essentially doom children in Western countries. Regarding your first paragraph, children were actually molested at that time in Europe. Are you suggesting otherwise? |
No no not at all. The laws were not created as a response to child abuse, they were created in fear of a behavior leading to child abuse. A fear completely unsubstantiated by any real data. I'm not saying they're the cause (although who knows, maybe if people did vent their desires on fictional material it would happen less, there's no data to support this either). I'm saying it's simply proven to not be connected to sexual abuse. And even if it were remotely connected (which again, it's not) your'e still punishing people for something which might happen, not which has happened. Otherwise what people do in the privacy of their own minds is hardly the business of the government.
Also, all my data is accurate. http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/stats.htm
Rate of child abuse by race:
White = 51%
African American = 25%
Hispanic = 15%
American Indian/Alaska Natives = 2%
Asian/Pacific Islanders = 1%