It ought to be a crime!: Fear ignorance and loathing

» eurocrat_au - Fear ignorance and loathing

Fear is at the bottom of everything. I recognise no deviance, certainly not the categories that you have spoken of, and I am at best tolerant on crime. I think something can be a crime if it hurts a particular person, not society or a group in society. When we get into that en masse mindset we can be like sheep, not human beings.

A lot of sexual behaviours I find deviant, and I admit I am frightened of the pain and consequences of sex. I am frightened also of the courage that it must take to explore your body, because that is not valued in society as much. Someone else would be scared of my intelligence and try to outlaw me knowing so much or studying to know more.

A question for you: Do you think James Bulger's death by two 10 year old boys was crime or deviance? It really opened up my eyes to see that children could do those things, but I don't think it was particularly deviant.

Adelaide La Blanche-Dupont

-- posted by eurocrat_au