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cosmictinker21 said:You're comparing apples to oranges here. Sorry, but look at how insulin acts as a glucose transporter for cells; without it, you'd be in serious trouble. Or consider heart medication—without it, someone could face a massive cardiac event in no time. Without thyroid hormone replacement, vital functions just shut down, leading to long-term misery. In much the same way, certain psychotropic drugs compensate for, stimulate, or suppress what is either in excess or lacking in the system. Without psychiatric meds, some schizophrenic patients or those dealing with paranoia might cause total devastation in their communities and themselves (I'm not being hyperbolic; it’s a deeply traumatic reality)... and many people struggling with depression or anxiety would find life completely unmanageable. Some people do achieve improvement through psychotherapy, which targets attitudes, character, traits, perspectives, and behavior—essentially working on the personality itself. I don't have the time to explain the mechanics of how or why, though I did write a lengthy post about it in another thread once...
The way you put it is honestly pretty irresponsible, suggesting to people that they shouldn't even bother trying medication. You really should have clarified that this is strictly your own opinion. An opinion, which, by the way, you haven't backed up with a single actual argument. Instead of hiding behind empty platitudes, maybe try gathering some actual knowledge and life experience first. Sorry, kid, but it's just...🤷
And I have zero intention of debating this with you indefinitely.☕
How many times do I have to report a post before the moderators realize that the rules explicitly forbid calling each other "sorry, kid"? Or does cosmictinker21 have special privileges? If I had said something even half as stupid as this idiot who knows nothing yet calls me a child, I would have been slapped with a penalty. Is anyone going to regulate the moderators? And what exactly are the super-mods doing when the same message has to be reported ten times and the offensive content still isn't removed? Are they supervising the mods? Or are they just supervising my client?
Just delete his entire post. He hasn't said anything intelligent, and his "argumentation" for why I'm wrong is laughable even to a child. It's painfully obvious that cosmictinker21 is a deeply naive and morally bankrupt imbecile.
Regarding the matter of psychopharmacology, there is a crucial point that I believe must be made—that no such 'medication' is capable (under any circumstances whatsoever!) of altering the traits or the underlying character of the individual taking it. Mental illnesses are, in essence, rooted within a person's very traits and their character—and in those fundamental aspects, I suppose, no 'medication' of this sort truly provides any assistance at all!
Rape can be viewed as a form of retribution... and perhaps a somewhat superior one compared to those instances where you permanently maim someone—because in those types of vendettas, even if the individual undergoes a genuine transformation for the better, you haven't deprived them of the "tools" (say, by severing an arm) required to actually "be good" later on. Since we all tacitly acknowledge that even a wicked person might change for the better, rape is somehow a less egregious method of vengeance. A woman who was "raped because she deserved it" retains the capacity to evolve and improve, keeping all her physical faculties intact—unlike a "revenge" where one physically mutilates another. Therefore, a rapist could theoretically take into account the possibility that the person (whom they believe deserves such treatment for their transgressions) might eventually reform, unlike the butcher-style vigilante.
The argument regarding how rape leads to inevitable psychological trauma is, I suppose, Smiley.
It is Smiley—primarily because that inevitability hasn't been scientifically established, and frankly, there isn't even definitive proof that certain "situations" will trigger trauma in everyone (whether they were previously stable or not). Of course, there have been attempts to compile "trauma lists" intended to dictate what specific events will do to anyone, whether they were formerly normal or mentally ill, following some abnormal or even more abnormal occurrence. Those are absurd pursuits; I won't even dignify them with further discussion.
In principle—if I were in charge of the American legal system—the penalty for rape would be lighter than the penalty for cutting off someone's finger, and I have already outlined my reasoning for that.
Why am I personally against rape, and why wouldn't I commit such an act?
I am not among those who merely seek sex; rather, I am among those who seek women. There is a profound distinction there. I have no intention of deceiving a woman I find attractive just to lure her into bed through falsehoods, because in sex, I don't derive pleasure from "her body," but rather from "her" as a person. Similarly, I want her to find pleasure in "me," not in some "false persona I project to seduce her" or, heaven forbid, in "my physique." I suspect that anyone who relies on presenting a false image or deceptive representations for the purpose of seduction is, in essence, a rapist—just one who lacks the courage to follow through. So, those are the rapists—simply less brave ones. The same applies to women...
A context in which (perhaps) I understand rape!
I can see how such an act might be perceived as having a certain logic, and I suspect there are rapists who act precisely out of this logic, which goes like this: "That woman is wicked. Perhaps she will change for the better someday. If she succeeds, she will then be able to remember that I took her. Naturally, at that point, she will realize she has no right to blame me, because she earned something she didn't want. If she becomes a good person, she will only be able to view the memory of my assault with erotic relish—much like any long-term memory of sex—and she will admire my thirst for vengeance, because once she is reformed, she too will loathe evil!"
However, I must reiterate—to me, this is nonsensical, as I do not recognize sex where the goal is merely the body as "true sex." Sex is only "true sex" when the body serves merely as the medium!