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Not Forever wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 4:24 pm By itself, I would also feel uncomfortable, but I believe that feelings like these should be set aside when trying to discuss something,

I generally don't consider AMS to be an emotional argument though. I think that the raw intimate nature of sex itself and the self-awareness of the child at the time is valid.

I view sex with a toddler to be equal to having sex with someone who is drugged up or unconscious. Having sex with someone who is not aware that they are having sex just feels violating.

I also think that some morals are based on emotions so as to reduce conflict between people in groups. Some emotions can be so harmful (trauma, anxiety, etc...) that some moral interventions get created for it. Privacy is pretty much an emotional argument for example. There is no reason why data shouldn't be harvested unless for political reasons.

oolhlh2 wrote: Thu Feb 26, 2026 12:17 amThere is no reason why data shouldn't be harvested unless for political reasons.

For me, the issue of privacy falls within the broader discussion of prevention (and here too, I believe people have every right to refuse this kind of prevention), insofar as there is a society and a state that can make a person’s life unlivable if their information is disclosed. From this perspective, privacy is essential to preserving individual freedom. At any given moment, anything can become a problem for the state or for society.

I don’t frame it in terms of modesty or anything like that. It’s not important to me that there aren’t nude photos of me online; what matters is that there is no connection between me and those nude images. But since my face is something that inevitably leads to a correlation with my identity, then that’s where there is potentially a problem.