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From: jmkinnib@watarts.uwaterloo.ca (Ghostboy)
Subject: Re: Lesbian feminists?  (was: same old)
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Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 21:39:59 GMT
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On Sat, 8 Jun 1996 12:58:46 GMT, dcs2e@darwin.clas.virginia.edu (David
Swanson) annoyed the censors with:

>In article <31b8db38.246798056@news.uwaterloo.ca>
>jmkinnib@watarts.uwaterloo.ca (Ghostboy) writes:
>
>> 
>> Heterosexual love and Heterosexual rape
>> and 
>> Homosexual love and Homosexual rape
>> 
>> (love meaning a loving sexual relationship)
>> 
>> then why is it so ludicrous to point out that it is possible for
>> adult/child love 
>> as well as 
>> adult/child rape.
>
>Because children often react as if they've been raped, even in the
>cases of alleged love.  I'm not talking about 17 year olds, but about
>14 year olds.
>

but you are talking about alleged....which complicates the issue. Some
children can also react badly to many of the things we consider good
for children in general. Also, to be completely frank, there are many
experiences that we have as children that are in themselves injurious,
but lead to growth...and or a greater understanding.
A child burns its hand on a stove and learns a lesson.


Ghostboy --- A non-practicing Atheist
