I think the story is getting more and more interesting as it goes along. I like how you raised the question about the negative effects of castigation that it has on people in the longterm and explain how doctors don't protest against the systematic castration because they are. I was wandering where do you know they force castration on pedophiles? for where I am from the castration is only put as a choice to the person that was convicted not imposed.
It's funny how strongly people want to believe that fetishes are inherent and ingrained, and can't be taught or treated. Yes it lets you demonize someone as being a monster who cannot be saved, but it also absolves the condemned of guilt, making no bad choices in their past ever having led them to that state. And it absolves the condemners of guilt too, because they can in no way say they could ever have possibly drove him to do that, by being jerks about it. I know this story artificially forces Caramel to be a caricature without reason, but...
I sure would want to find some excuse in his genes that made him that way, if I were a psychologist, and by telling a child that what he's done has made him a monster who cannot ever be cured, attacking his mother, and forcing her to move, I caused that child to become the monster I feared.
I want to read the whole thing before giving final judgment, but so far what sticks out to me is that the fillies are written as being WAY too intelligent and mature. To the point where it kind of undermines the fact that they're supposed to be so young, and makes the scenes with them feel more like cartoony wish-fulfillment than a dark and gritty examination of a real-life problem. If real-life 8-year-olds spoke and behaved like this, the laws would probably be quite different. In reality a kid's brain at that age isn't even guaranteed to be able to retain long-term memories. How much they'll even remember from that age is questionable, there's no way they would be talking about love, lust, and cheating like they've been studying it for years.
Well okay, there are always exceptions, but so far it has been EVERY filly doing it.
I think the story is getting more and more interesting as it goes along. I like how you raised the question about the negative effects of castigation that it has on people in the longterm and explain how doctors don't protest against the systematic castration because they are. I was wandering where do you know they force castration on pedophiles? for where I am from the castration is only put as a choice to the person that was convicted not imposed.
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Not so much "forced", but more like "HIGHLY recommended" if you want a lighter punishment.
Now things will really go downhill from here.
OhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SNAP!
It's funny how strongly people want to believe that fetishes are inherent and ingrained, and can't be taught or treated. Yes it lets you demonize someone as being a monster who cannot be saved, but it also absolves the condemned of guilt, making no bad choices in their past ever having led them to that state. And it absolves the condemners of guilt too, because they can in no way say they could ever have possibly drove him to do that, by being jerks about it. I know this story artificially forces Caramel to be a caricature without reason, but...
I sure would want to find some excuse in his genes that made him that way, if I were a psychologist, and by telling a child that what he's done has made him a monster who cannot ever be cured, attacking his mother, and forcing her to move, I caused that child to become the monster I feared.
I want to read the whole thing before giving final judgment, but so far what sticks out to me is that the fillies are written as being WAY too intelligent and mature. To the point where it kind of undermines the fact that they're supposed to be so young, and makes the scenes with them feel more like cartoony wish-fulfillment than a dark and gritty examination of a real-life problem. If real-life 8-year-olds spoke and behaved like this, the laws would probably be quite different. In reality a kid's brain at that age isn't even guaranteed to be able to retain long-term memories. How much they'll even remember from that age is questionable, there's no way they would be talking about love, lust, and cheating like they've been studying it for years.
Well okay, there are always exceptions, but so far it has been EVERY filly doing it.