@ Post 9 -
You nailed it. I would add that the quest for self gratification has become the ultimate pursuit for many in this age of selfishness. These people are so committed to themselves that they lack empathy for others to include children. Furthermore, just like an addiction to hard narcotics it continually takes more extreme doses (or material) to stimulate them.
There are some very sick souls out there and despite overwhelming evidence that pedophiles are incurable we continue to release them to harm children. In my opinion, a society that does not place the rights of innocent and defenseless children above the “rights” of perverts does not deserve to exist or thrive. You can’t help but think that God feels the same. I believe abortion by it’s very nature uses the same logic leading adults to place themselves above babies.
We live in dark times and too many Americans have acquiesced to the spread of darkness.
That's liberalism - false empathy.