morality – Celtyradfem

“Morals aside, a pedophile is somebody attracted to children, a rapist is somebody who has sex with another person without their consent. Mohammed had sex with a child, and children cannot consent to sex. So by definition, without even getting into the morality of it, he is a pedophile rapist.
Don’t even bother getting into the whole “it was different back then, muh life expectancy and maturity levels” argument, because it is flawed as all hell. If I were to go to Sierra Leone which has a life expectancy in this day and age of 50 years and fucked a kid, you know what it would make me? It would make me a pedophile rapist. The way human biology and brain development works is completely unrelated to a statistic as arbitrary as human life expectancy. It’s like saying that people died young back then was a fact of life that was acceptable, and the young life expectancy proves that it was OK for that to happen. No, people died young back then because we didn’t know any better when it came to sanitation and medical treatment. […] The same goes for marrying children out to 50 year old men. Treatment of mental health let alone physical health was barely even touched upon until the last 2 centuries, so its not too much of a stretch to say that they weren’t too interested in the unconsidered at the time effects of child marriages.
Just because it was the norm 1400 years ago doesn’t mean that it is in any way shape or form acceptable, and before you try and call me out on my morals being subjective, think of it this way: Would you appreciate that thing being done to you? Treat others as you would like to be treated is really the only moral “guideline” you need to follow. Would you appreciate your 9 year old daughter being fucked by a 54 year old man? I’d say probably not. Would you like to become a slave, or assaulted for your religious beliefs, or stolen from? The answer to all of those things is no.”

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mahamara:

“Morals aside, a pedophile is somebody attracted to children, a rapist is somebody who has sex with another person without their consent. Mohammed had sex with a child, and children cannot consent to sex. So by definition, without even getting into the morality of it, he is a pedophile rapist.
Don’t even bother getting into the whole “it was different back then, muh life expectancy and maturity levels” argument, because it is flawed as all hell. If I were to go to Sierra Leone which has a life expectancy in this day and age of 50 years and fucked a kid, you know what it would make me? It would make me a pedophile rapist. The way human biology and brain development works is completely unrelated to a statistic as arbitrary as human life expectancy. It’s like saying that people died young back then was a fact of life that was acceptable, and the young life expectancy proves that it was OK for that to happen. No, people died young back then because we didn’t know any better when it came to sanitation and medical treatment. […] The same goes for marrying children out to 50 year old men. Treatment of mental health let alone physical health was barely even touched upon until the last 2 centuries, so its not too much of a stretch to say that they weren’t too interested in the unconsidered at the time effects of child marriages.
Just because it was the norm 1400 years ago doesn’t mean that it is in any way shape or form acceptable, and before you try and call me out on my morals being subjective, think of it this way: Would you appreciate that thing being done to you? Treat others as you would like to be treated is really the only moral “guideline” you need to follow. Would you appreciate your 9 year old daughter being fucked by a 54 year old man? I’d say probably not. Would you like to become a slave, or assaulted for your religious beliefs, or stolen from? The answer to all of those things is no.”

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