I didn't say we should treat them all the same way! :)
I don't think the circumstances of the offender make any kind of abuse any more right. Yes, it is more morally blameworthy if a fully facultied adult decided to deliberately twist the mind of a child in their care. But it's still wrong, whoever does it. No child should have to go through that. The appropriate treatment for the offender is separate and dependent on their circumstances, obviously. But it's a failing of our whole society that the child has suffered.
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Re: Yes and no...
Date: 2002-05-23 06:15 pm (UTC)I don't think the circumstances of the offender make any kind of abuse any more right. Yes, it is more morally blameworthy if a fully facultied adult decided to deliberately twist the mind of a child in their care. But it's still wrong, whoever does it. No child should have to go through that. The appropriate treatment for the offender is separate and dependent on their circumstances, obviously. But it's a failing of our whole society that the child has suffered.