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- From: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Ageism
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.212429.7504@reed.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 21:24:29 GMT
- Article-I.D.: reed.1992Dec23.212429.7504
- References: <72260@cup.portal.com>
- Reply-To: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
- Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
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- While I agree with most of what you are saying, I have to ask about this:
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- In article <72260@cup.portal.com> elc@cup.portal.com (Edward L Cole) writes:
- >The overwhelming presence of pedophilia (even when their over 18
- >the motivation for them is the same) has become institutionalized.
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- I don't see how you can equate paedophilia, the desire to have sex
- with children, with being interested in people who are "young". Most
- of the erotic images I see in gay male culture are people who look to
- be between 17 and 27. This is not what a reasonable person would call
- paedophilia, is it?
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- nelson@reed.edu \/ You stupid vulgar greedy ugly American death sucker
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