Post by thephuzz on Feb 2, 2006 13:34:47 GMT -5
Good afternoon, everybody! My name is Joshua and I rather recently stumbled across your website late at night. I am interested in this project academically and personally. I am a psychology major at a respected college and am especially interested in severe psychological disorders. I am also a computer enthusiast and I've been using computers since I was a young child. I am an active player and participant at hackthissite.org and a moderately proficient PHP coder along with Java and python.
Let me first say that as a computer enthusiast I find the idea of destroying websites without the possibility of any kind of retribution to be very enticing. (what jury will convict someone of bringing down a pedophile website?)
However, as a psychologist and a liberal I must admit I have some reservations about posting the personal information of just anyone on rijiko's blog. We must be careful to make sure that anyone posted is guilty of an illegal activity or at least actively seeking to abuse.
However, as much we would like to believe that all pedophiles are law breaking monsters, that is not always the case. Pedophiles have a mental disorder and some are afflicted with greater severity than others.
Accusing every pedophile of being a child molester (although some have argued that molestation is a requirement of pedophilia) would be like accusing every person with schizophrenia to be a serial killer. There is a great deal of evidence that many pedophiles do not abuse and many actively seek professional therapy.
I hope that all investigations here are done in a responsible manner akin to www.perverted-justice.com. I am sure everyone here is familiar with that website and what a great job they have done and are still doing.
That is my only reservation and I think this has the potential to be a great project. The worst thing in the world is to be accused of molesting children and I hope we can make sure that those who are exposed truly are offending. I hope I can be of help in any possible way.
-Josh
PS: My username might be a point of confusion for some. I chose it in rememberance of the Univox Fuzzbox (electric guitar distortion). I'm not affiliated with the police. =/
Also, thanks for reading. I know this is a long post. You get a gold star! =D
Let me first say that as a computer enthusiast I find the idea of destroying websites without the possibility of any kind of retribution to be very enticing. (what jury will convict someone of bringing down a pedophile website?)
However, as a psychologist and a liberal I must admit I have some reservations about posting the personal information of just anyone on rijiko's blog. We must be careful to make sure that anyone posted is guilty of an illegal activity or at least actively seeking to abuse.
However, as much we would like to believe that all pedophiles are law breaking monsters, that is not always the case. Pedophiles have a mental disorder and some are afflicted with greater severity than others.
Accusing every pedophile of being a child molester (although some have argued that molestation is a requirement of pedophilia) would be like accusing every person with schizophrenia to be a serial killer. There is a great deal of evidence that many pedophiles do not abuse and many actively seek professional therapy.
I hope that all investigations here are done in a responsible manner akin to www.perverted-justice.com. I am sure everyone here is familiar with that website and what a great job they have done and are still doing.
That is my only reservation and I think this has the potential to be a great project. The worst thing in the world is to be accused of molesting children and I hope we can make sure that those who are exposed truly are offending. I hope I can be of help in any possible way.
-Josh
PS: My username might be a point of confusion for some. I chose it in rememberance of the Univox Fuzzbox (electric guitar distortion). I'm not affiliated with the police. =/
Also, thanks for reading. I know this is a long post. You get a gold star! =D