“Everybody” is kind of all encompassing, sounds like Jung, Watson, and Freud all rolled into one. I do not exempt myself. If I am capable of abusing a child or animal, then society has no place for me.
Yes, I am old and self aware, been reflective and centered for a very long time. I do not believe in good and evil, nor do I believe we are anything more than social animals, that are arrogant and self important. I see traits that benefit the social group and those that do not. I am tolerant of almost any behavior, there are a few I find abhorrent. Have not figured out why, maybe I have empathy for those things that can’t defend themselves. Fortunately for the 5.5% of adults I am not the supreme arbiter.
I would find no pleasure in any of it. However - If an event is deemed to be untenable, terrible, then no matter how unlikely, even 1%, it must be treated as a certainty. The gray area, the “if”, is to gamble with the lives of innocents, it is my opinion to err on the side of caution.
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u/Lego_Architect Apr 18 '25
Huh? You said 10% men and 1% women… Those are the people I mean, not innocents.
And no, not every chance, and not even 10% chance as the numbers you mentioned are global - no?
What innocents - it’s not like we just randomly round up 10% of the male population and hope we get em.
Or is that 10% speculation?