Re: paedophilia?
Mattis Fishman (mattis@argos.argoscomp.com)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:26:08 -0500 (EST)
Scottie,
Thank you for taking the trouble to revive what appeared
to be a dead horse. Much of what you say about the appeal of
the young, the emotional vulnerabilities of older people,
fictional child icons, and the mantra of innocence, filtered through
your knowledge and experience, provides a perspective which I am sure
that I would never have been able to arrive at by myself.
This, of course, is the reason we slog through film reviews and cultural
cross fire, to fill up our computer's hard drive with bananafish
posts in the first place.
Not that all your points are uncontestable, as the follow-ups,
have shown, or that they even novel. It is just the accumulated
weight of your observations coupled with your point of view which
bury the issue of sexual perversion and refocus the question as one
of emotional immaturity, or cop out if you will.
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your informed and well phrased post.
all the best,
Mattis