On Thu, 08 May 2008 14:05:30 +0100, Cynic
wrote:
>On Wed, 07 May 2008 21:24:40 +0100, Alex Heney
>wrote:
>
>>>Only in the same way that men who look at indecent pictures of women
>>>are more likely to attack women than people who do not look at such
>>>images.
>>
>>Not true.
>>
>>No crime is committed by looking at "normal" adult .. Therefore
>>people who do so are not already aware of breaking the law, while
>>those who look at child . undoubtedly are.
>>
>>That still does not mean that all (or even remotely close to "all")
>>those who do so will take an "extra step" in illegality, but it does
>>mean that there is a higher chance they will.
>
>Do you also believe that a person who breaks the speed limit is more
>likely to rob a bank than a person who does not?
Probably not.
>
>The fact that a person may be willing to break one law does *not* mean
>that they would be any more willing to break a different law than
>anyone else.
True.
But a straw man, since these laws are not completely different.
It is more like a man who picks pockets going on to armed robbery. Or
a man who commits violent assaults going on to murder.
--
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