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Realistic sex robots that are designed to look like children should be:

Legal, promoted/accepted
5.6%
Legal
37.9%
Illegal
35.4%
Illegal, harshly punished
21%

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It feels like people don't choose their thoughts, but do choose their actions. Does that seem accurate to you? If it does, then why can't pedophiles let their thoughts/desires stay in their heads and not bring them out into the world?

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You only hear about the pedophiles who acted on it

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I don't think that's true anymore. There's a big community online of anonymous people talking about their inclinations who have never offended. I just don't understand why they can't deny themselves their desire in favor of other more accepted practices.

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The big community of people who've never offended *are* the people who're denying themselves their desire. I don't understand what you're saying.

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They are bringing them out into the world by talking about them. They are choosing to talk about them.

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I'm confused. They're not hurting anybody by talking about them. you want them to deny themselves an urge to do a nonharmful act?

8:50 PM · Feb 16, 2020

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We don't really know if the act is nonharmful at this point. The same argument that it normalizes the behavior or makes it attractive could be made. I guess my fear is that an accepting community would reinforce those within it to keep it as a huge part of their personality.