# On an "Ask the Pedophile" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 6, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-an-ask-the-pedophile-thread/527906 "2010-02-06T04:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-an-ask-the-pedophile-thread/527906/361 "2010-02-08T08:16:25Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Several months ago he expressed an interest in having sex with babies beginning at “age 0.” :eek: :mad: Good luck administering that consent test. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-an-ask-the-pedophile-thread/527906/362 "2010-02-08T08:16:52Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > What, these?I disagree. Yeah. That’s one of those “It’s not such a horrible idea, but coming from the source, you find it inherently suspect.” I’d really like to see age of consent laws match actual capabilities of consent. At least give us some studies to justify that the current law makes sense. It’s clearly a matter of contention, with all the different ages set. But I do want to add that it is never, ever set before puberty. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-an-ask-the-pedophile-thread/527906/363 "2010-02-08T09:01:10Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > I disagree for this reason. A word is a symbol. It is not the thing itself. It cannot be good or bad. So banning a word makes no sense. Yet people get offended by them so your premise falls to pieces. The TPTB ban certain words for that reason. I don’t agree with that decision but there you have it. And for reasons that I have explained it seems to me that there is rational explanation for why TPTB might do that while not banning a person with certain views. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-an-ask-the-pedophile-thread/527906/364 "2010-02-08T11:34:38Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > I dunno. For now, I’m just happy to see SDMB didn’t just quash discussion of unpopular matters with a really broad brush. Exactly where were people arguing against _discussing_ pedophilia? ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-an-ask-the-pedophile-thread/527906/365 "2010-02-08T12:28:10Z")
I wonder what the stalwarts of free speech are going to say now that we have a new rule that effectively quashes any pitting of Cesario. Let’s hear it, Argent Towers, IVN, Bearflag, etc. Are you going to step up and complain about that? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-an-ask-the-pedophile-thread/527906/366 "2010-02-08T12:28:18Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > No, shit for brains. **MeanOldLady** , personal insults are not permitted in ATMB. You have been warned. * * * The OP’s question has been asked and answered. Please see Ed’s response in this post: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12090763&postcount=347](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12090763&postcount=347) This is closed. - **xash** Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-an-ask-the-pedophile-thread/527906/367 "2010-02-08T14:50:51Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > If some other pedo came along with the same thread request but without the posting baggage accumulated by **Cesario** , would that thread be permitted or does that fall into the realm of someone who “seems to think there’s nothing inherently wrong with having sex with children?” > > I gather from what you wrote that another pedo who came along but instead was grappling with the attraction to minors as “personal demons” and an illness would have little trouble staring an Ask The… thread. > > I’m just wondering. The decision seems pretty fair at first blush. I’m just saying we’re not ruling out anything in advance. We’d need a lot of convincing, though. As far as I can remember this is our third request to open an “ask the pedophile” thread, and none have been approved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-an-ask-the-pedophile-thread/527906.md?page=18)