Don't these idiots realize that what they do affects the people around them? The obvious victims are the innocent children this pathetic person has scarred for life. But whose name is on the Digg headline? Is it his? No. It's McCain. Because of this man's selfish deeds, he has smeared the name of McCain, and if you read any of the comments to the article, the name of the Republican Party, the name of Conservatism, and the name of Christianity. Because this selfish man decided that his orgasm was the most important thing, thousands of people, by close or remote association to him, are dragged into disrepute.
Why don't more “enlightened” people hail him as a hero? After all, he put into practice a philosophy that has long been touted by the Enlightened--that personal desire, freedom and ambition are the most important things, and that an "enlightened" individual will not restrain himself from acting on them. I find a striking comparison between child molestation and abortion (as angry as I know this will make some of you). Both are products of an individual indulging his desires. Both lead to the harm of an innocent child. Both oftentimes impact numerous people around them. Yet one is rightfully condemned by the Enlightened while the other is championed.
I think I blogged about this earlier, but it is a notion I feel is important and is due repeating. There is nothing wrong with self-restraint. I come from Seattle and have spent a lot of time in San Francisco. In both of these places, self-restraint is not a quality that is highly thought of. In Fremont, Washington there is a yearly parade where unshaven and oftentimes middle aged and lumpy hippies march down the street with their nude bodies painted in a manner reminiscent of the aftermath of a vomiting child. In San Francisco there is a similar parade, called the "Love Parade". Vandalism of private property with paint is seen as personal artistic expression, not a crime. Smoking pot is seen as a harmless if rebellious activity that is encouraged by Hollywood in all its "stoner flicks" like the recent Pineapple Express, and when role models like Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps lose endorsements because of their pot smoking, it leads to anger and confusion from the Enlightened.
The child molester Bartleston has something wrong with him, surely. His desires are sick and depraved, and I am sure psychologists could write whole books on why his behavior stems from one time when he was eight and he saw his brother naked in the shower or something, and how that event froze his sexual maturity and confused him, which explains why he is attracted to young boys, or whatever. But I don't see that helping. Sure, it might be fine and dandy understanding why a depraved individual like Bartleston behaves the way he does. But what needs to stop is the behavior. If people like Bartleston have a deep-rooted respect for the law and other people, and a deep-rooted hatred of his own evil desires, then he would not act on them. That is what we are trying to get at. A man who desires to murder his neighbors because they refuse to shut up their noisy dog, will, if he is a rebel who values his own desires more than he respects other people and the law. If he has self-restraint, he won't. Does this change the twisted mind of the man who would seriously consider murdering his neighbors in the first place? No. But it delivers the results we want.
So yeah, I'll go on record as saying that self-restraint is a great thing that people need more of. Fat people like me need some self-discipline, and need to refrain from eating that extra muffin during the day. Alcoholics need self-restraint to drink in moderation, smokers to smoke in moderation, and cussers to swear in moderation. Angry people need to decide to not be angry, violent people to not be violent, and sexual perverts to not molest children. This doesn't happen by making smoking, booze, cussing and violence illegal. It happens when parents raise their kids to value things like the law, other people, and to practice as children some self-denial. If kids get everything they want as children, they will pursue whatever they want as adults. If they are denied things as children and taught that their desires are not always good, as adults they will have greater self-restraint and respect for others.
I really believe that many of our social ills start in the home. A child needs one mom and one dad, not a dad and a step dad, or a clan of aunts and uncles, or two mommies or two daddies, or an older sibling that acts like a parent, or a babysitter that you know better than your mom, or a public school system that you entrust to raise your child instead of doing so yourself. The "nuclear family" may no longer be normal in America, but it is important and leads to social stability.
References
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_11637020
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/man-who-was-led-sen-john-mccains-presid
http://digg.com/politics/John_McCain_s_manager_arrested_for_child_molestation
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D965NSIG0&show_article=1
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