(1) The last two paragraphs need to be changed immediately. Currently, it puts rape in a sympathic perspective. If you don’t change it, I think moderators should delete this post.
(2) If we ignore the last paragraphs, the parable is not badly written and matches the lived experience of many members of this community. It is a message that needs to be heard.
(3) That said, Less Wrong is not the right forum for this content. It is important to have a general purpose rationality forum, and it cannot survive association with perspectives that are this taboo and subject to mindkill.
(4) If you want to raise the sanity waterline, it is important to pick your battles wisely. This is a battle you will lose.
(6) On the object level, I think you misunderstand the nature of the magic in this forest. The problem is not that the local girls have outlawed heroic actions in exchange for money. The spell is such that heroic actions are unable to free trapped boys if conducted in exchange for money. It may be interesting to analyze who is casting this spell, but I think it is a deity well known both to ancient babylonians and rationalists.
(7) You should think about whether the girls in the village are under similar spell, cast by the same deity.
(1) The last two paragraphs need to be changed immediately. Currently, it puts rape in a sympathic perspective. If you don’t change it, I think moderators should delete this post.
(2) If we ignore the last paragraphs, the parable is not badly written and matches the lived experience of many members of this community. It is a message that needs to be heard.
(3) That said, Less Wrong is not the right forum for this content. It is important to have a general purpose rationality forum, and it cannot survive association with perspectives that are this taboo and subject to mindkill.
(4) If you want to raise the sanity waterline, it is important to pick your battles wisely. This is a battle you will lose.
(5) I made a similar mistake when I wrote this parable: http://lesswrong.com/lw/klx/ethics_in_a_feedback_loop_a_parable/ . The discussion may be of interest to you
(6) On the object level, I think you misunderstand the nature of the magic in this forest. The problem is not that the local girls have outlawed heroic actions in exchange for money. The spell is such that heroic actions are unable to free trapped boys if conducted in exchange for money. It may be interesting to analyze who is casting this spell, but I think it is a deity well known both to ancient babylonians and rationalists.
(7) You should think about whether the girls in the village are under similar spell, cast by the same deity.