[HPforGrownups] Re: The problems with DD being gay

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 178356

Lee Kaiwen:

  > Ephebophilia (or hebephilia, as it's also called) is defined as ...

colebiancardi:

> as wiki points out, this term is full of issues ...

I appreciate the feedback, but the controversiality of the term has 
nothing to do with my point, which is simply that hebephilia *is* 
clearly defined (whatever your clinical opinion of it might be), so 
there really is no reason for so many folk misrepresenting what Del is 
saying.

colebiancardi:

> I am interested in why someone would think that DD has this condition
> and what that term means to them.

Easy -- read Del's post. This WAS my point. He presented a cogent and 
lucid argument, with lots of citations from canon, only to get hit with 
a faceful of outrage over things he clearly did NOT say. Example:

colebiancardi:

> Just because DD is gay doesn't mean he lusts after young teens.

Del did NOT say "DD lusts after young teens because he's gay." He 
couldn't have, because he doesn't believe DD is homosexual at all. I 
know, because I read Del's posts and he says so quite clearly.

My only interest in this is that I found Del's argument well-presented 
and I was kind of hoping to see a discussion of his points. Instead what 
we got was a list-ful of jerky knees from a whole lot of folk who 
apparently didn't bother to digest what he was saying before hitting 
their Reply keys.

--CJ (who thinks it's time to take his dog home now, since this isn't 
really his fight)