The Duggar story
- Thread starter Jon
- Start date
It isn't. The allegation is rape and by the law and all that stuff. My point being simply that a lot of the "this is against the law" stuff and "he ought to go to jail" is being overblown.
True enough - repugnant. And yet some here want to hold him to an ADULT standard, right? (Not saying you do, Jon, but all the screeching a couple of pages ago was ludicrous).
Wanna treat him like he's 18, right? Again - this doesn't make anything Josh Duggar did ok or not a big deal.
Whoever said to not deal with it? Nobody. Another straw man.
Are you saying you'd call the law?
Not only do I doubt that but you don't know what you would do any more than any of the rest of us knows. THIS is what a lot of the heartburn is about. "He didn't call the law." Well, none of you would, either, and don't pretend otherwise. The pontificating self-appointed moralists - ironically most of them in this case NOT Christian - screaming bloody murder about "he didn't call the law the FIRST time" and they wouldn't have, either.
I have no problem if someone wants to say the Daddy mishandled the situation or handled it inadquately. True enough but some of the criticism he's getting insinuates the people criticizing him would have acted differently. (We'll set aside the ridiculous notion that Daddy Duggar was somehow supposed to know that the cop he told this to was into kiddie porn).
He DID deal with it, Jon - POORLY admittedly. No argument there.
So we've gone from rape to touching now? And let's spare me the "how dare you suggest it's (touching) okay" nonsense, too.
Was it handled poorly? Absolutely. But MUCH of it has been way overblown as BiB said. And at this point I'm done with this thread since suggestions I would somehow advocate or sympathize with Josh Duggar are ridiculous and some folks need to examine themselves with the same enema probe they want to point at others. I try to do that even though I fail at it too.
Last edited:
It's interesting that a child going through puberty and having a natural curiosity and even urges he may not have fully understood is in need of counseling. Yet we also have those, maybe even the same ones crying out that Josh needed professional counseling, who are saying that Jenner's urges are natural and not an illness in need of treatment. Curious dichotomy in my opinion.
Neither "disorder" is really receptive to "treatment." I know of no reputable studies which indicate the contrary...
This is nothing like Jenner, no crime was committed like with Josh. And IMHO, being transgender is not an illness. It is just who they are. So this doesn't even compare.
I guess that's subjective, I.E: who you ask. Personally I agree with you, but it seems like many disagree with that sentiment.
I was not making a legal comparison. And, is your conclusion (i.e. being attracted to immature humans not being an illness) scientifically based? It's curious what is deemed an illness and what is not.
Last edited:
Why are so many saying professional counseling was needed? I agree that it took Daddy Duggar too long to react but, once they did react, the steps they took seemed to take care of the problem. According to the reports we have these were the only incidents so, unless more info comes out in the future, it appears that once it was taken seriously, it was handle sufficiently to stop the acts from reoccurring.
What more could professional counseling have done? Not everything requires counseling, sometimes parents can handle it themselves, which appears to be the case here even if they were very slow to react.
I agree with Selma, I have no idea how I would handle something like this if it was my son. I also agree that I probably wouldn't call in law enforcement, not at first and not unless it became seriously necessary.
What more could professional counseling have done? Not everything requires counseling, sometimes parents can handle it themselves, which appears to be the case here even if they were very slow to react.
I agree with Selma, I have no idea how I would handle something like this if it was my son. I also agree that I probably wouldn't call in law enforcement, not at first and not unless it became seriously necessary.
Last edited:
Fair enough...loose language on my part...not accurate to characterize pubescent curiosity with "attracted to immature humans".
looks like it's finally official, the War on Christianity has it's latest victim. The Duggars are off the air
http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/16/duggars-cancelled-19-kids-and-counting-tlc/
http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/16/duggars-cancelled-19-kids-and-counting-tlc/
Latest threads
-
-
-
SIAP there was an article that Joe K interviewed for assistant coach
- Started by mlingerfelt31
- Replies: 11
-
Final Home Midweek for Alabama Brings Samford to The Joe- Started by Diamond Tide
- Replies: 0
-
-
