Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

Dave, I think you need to stop and think clearly. If the girl is capable of becoming pregnant, she has reached puberty. She was "reported" as 10, perhaps she was closer to 11. 

I think the question I asked Rod is not "out of bounds". He seems to have a somewhat callous attitude toward the killing of human beings in the womb. I simply asked whether he has any moral problem with the situation I posed. Rod is obviously under a great deal of stress lately, having to face the fact that killing the unborn is less convenient.

Actually, abortion has become a lot more convenient over the last several years, for almost everyone.  I did not know this until recently:  

https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2022/02/medication-abortion-now-accounts-more-half-all-us-abortions

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

James, I've tried to "clear up" the matter. You seem to want to completely ignore the circumstances regarding the situation with the girl and illegal alien.

In your previous posts, you stated that "words have meaning". In another, you said, "yes doesn't always mean yes".

Your criticisms are getting a bit tedious. Think what you want about my statement. My conscience is clear.

Hi Darian: 

You mentioned in our PM that it was plausible the girl said "yes."  I agreed this was a plausible scenario.  Assuming the perpetrator was an adult, and the subject was sexual intercourse, that sort of yes never means yes in an ethical modern society.  This is reflected in our rape laws and society's general abhorrence of pedophilia as a criminal perversion worse than all others.  This is James' point, I think.

I get the feeling that you believe it is qualitatively "worse" or "more immoral" for an adult to grab a random 10 year old child and forcibly rape her than it would be for an adult to ask a 10 year old child it she wants to have sex and then to proceed with it, but only if she says yes.  I am not saying that you think it is OK for him to have sex after she says "yes."  But after reading this thread I am now thinking that you believe the context of her saying "yes" matters, not legally, but morally.   Please correct me and my apologies if I am wrong.

I've thought about it a lot.  There is, in my opinion no difference in moral deprivation, or criminality, or general scum-ness between the hypothetical guy who forcibly rapes a 10 year old and this perpetrator guy who plausibly asked first if she wants to have sex.  This is because a 10 year old can not form consent to sex.  The power imbalance is huge.  Her life experiences are entirely lacking.  She is nearly a baby! 

In my opinion, soliciting a "yes" is exactly as vile, corrupt, and violent an action as if the perpetrator had grabbed a random 10 year old kicking and screaming off the playground and raped her in the back of his car.  In the first case the violence against the girl is mental and subtle, but entirely evil and will do lasting harm.  In the second case, the violence is physical and loud, but no more entirely evil and no more likely to cause lasting harm.  

Jim

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Is anyone else having trouble going to pages 11, 12, 13, or 14 in this thread? They won't open for me on three different computers. I can open page 1 - 10 and page 15.

Yes, I got there by leaving the thread, going to the most recent posts and working backward...

p.s.  Now that I am on 15, I can go back to 14 only using the "left back" double arrow thingy, but not directly....

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

PM sent.

Thanks, looking forward to any additional thoughts.  

I meant it when I said, "I thought about it a lot" when I wrote the following:  "In my opinion, soliciting a "yes" is exactly as vile, corrupt, and violent an action as if the perpetrator had grabbed a random 10 year old kicking and screaming off the playground and raped her in the back of his car.  

Grading the relative depravity of these depraved acts is difficult, and I think a lot of people might disagree with me.  Most people would probably find it abhorrent to even think of grading the relative morality of these two depraved and entirely immoral acts.   No problem with disagreement about moral nuances on the dark and vile edge of morality, so long as we all agree that in the eyes of the law there is no difference.  In the eyes of the law there can be no difference because that is necessary to protect children.

I am assuming that the perpetrator is an adult, is not mentally disabled, and was not reasonably deceived about the victim's age.  In the eyes of the law it does not matter, but when discussing the relative morality of depraved acts, it probably does.

Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

You have to choose your words carefully Darian, because those like James and the rest of them will never miss a chance to twist your words.  

Another candidate for the least self-aware post of all time.  

Originally Posted by James Lacey

No one has employed what-aboutism. The point is there is no comparison between what Colbert's team did and the 1/6 insurrection. It's like comparing someone breaking wind to Cat. 5 hurricanes.

It's like comparing the analytical content of one of Rich's posts to one of yours. 

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

For the obtuse out there like yourself, who apparently needs a good course in reading fundamentals, I said when did I compare the Colbert people to the violent rioters on Jan 6th.  

Fact for you is that I didn't.  I put up evidence of those Jan 6th Capitol people, who have been arrested and kept in jail for crimes of trespassing and parading.

Did you miss the English language that I used, or are you still speaking, using the language of Stupid.

The Colbert criminals were arrested, Mirandized, and charged with crimes.

They were given a pass.  

Anything else you need clarification on?  I can't hold your hand forever, grab your head, and point it to the bouncing ball forever.  

So your only point was to note a minor crime for the forum. End of story...  The bit about "double standard" and "2 tiered justice system" was just a typo then?

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Maybe you can learn to read.

And I'm glad you chimed in because apparently you like the others here have no problem whatsoever with this 2 tiered justice system, which Destroys Michael Flynn (R), which jails one of Trump's people in his administration and publicly arrests him, Peter Navarro (R), putting him in shackles and putting him in jail, and you have no problem with them putting Steve Bannon (R) on trial, while doing absolutely nothing to Eric Holder (D), who did in fact NOT comply with a subpoena and who was held in contempt of Congress, but not one thing is done to him.  

I'll extend my observation of you to not only being a fraud, but now a person who at least ignores, if not supports a 2 tiered justice system which gives Democrats a pass, and which invariably jails and puts on trial Republicans who are political.

I understand you completely.  IMO, you're part of the problem with the justice system in this country, since you excuse it all, because of your politics.  

Got it.  

Please review what I have posted about Flynn and Holder.  It contradicts your BS alternate reality, which is in fact entirely self-serving and fictional.  You are the biggest liar I have ever met, in person or on line.  Shame on you.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I've noticed that you haven't posted one thing in this thread regarding the Colbert people, vs. the ones who have been jailed for more than 6 months and in some cases more than a year, and frankly I'm totally uninterested in going through a long search of your previous postings to find the one or two times, in the last 4 years where you spoke out about the situation.

My guess is that IF you did, then it was a VERY tepid criticism.  

The fact is that the only single instance that you've chimed in is to try and find a "gotcha" moment on me, when you apparently didn't read through even a few of my postings, because if you had, you would have seen that I was comparing the Colbert people to the NON-violent Trump protesters, not the violent ones.

But since most of the hypocrite, double standard leftists here who are defending the DA not charging them because of his politics are your buddies here, I can understand why you want to stay away from any criticism of their hypocrisy by you.  I know that you don't want to ruffle their feathers!   LOL  

P.S. I have an appointment with a customer.  This has been fun but I gotta' run!

Pretty funny, and nice dodge.  I was highly critical of the way the DOJ took a pass on Holder.  You brought it up, but when demonstrated to be wrong, you select the "I'm not interested" path...  Very typical of you, a dishonest "debater" to the core.  (Scare quotes intentional.)

Frankly, there are literally thousands of interesting topics that I have not posted on.  The Venn diagram of those interesting topics and the tripe you chose to post on every day has virtually no overlap.   

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I've noticed that you haven't posted one thing in this thread regarding the Colbert people, vs. the ones who have been jailed for more than 6 months and in some cases more than a year, and frankly I'm totally uninterested in going through a long search of your previous postings to find the one or two times, in the last 4 years where you spoke out about the situation.

I've noticed that you have not posted one thing about AOC, Ilhan Omar and 14 other members of Congress being arrested by the Capital Police yesterday.  I did not know that AOC and her pals were Republicans now.