The reasons for difference between car theft and petty theft are clear. Not so in the discussed case. The original post claimed not to defend pedophilia, which I interpret as not saying that the rule “do not have sex with children” is bad, but that the social stigma associated with it is far greater than it reasonably should be.
Clearly it was an example of kind and not of magnitude. Car theft is punished for the same reasons as petty theft, but to a much greater extent
The reasons for difference between car theft and petty theft are clear. Not so in the discussed case. The original post claimed not to defend pedophilia, which I interpret as not saying that the rule “do not have sex with children” is bad, but that the social stigma associated with it is far greater than it reasonably should be.