tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post3230117706462178170..comments2023-09-30T04:38:22.123-05:00Comments on Peter Von Brown: Accusations Are Not Always AccuratePeter Von Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15042839698693906854noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-48496586180232141152008-07-14T16:58:00.000-05:002008-07-14T16:58:00.000-05:00in addition, we also have a tendency to judge the ...in addition, we also have a tendency to judge the past by today's standards and that colors many of our presumptions when discussing people's lives and faults. Perhaps it wasn't considered unusual for a childless man to closely associate with children in a surrogate-type fashion then. These days our opinions and conclusions are most definitely colored by current events and we presume monstrosity when in fact, it may be innocence.<BR/><BR/>Then again, we also make scads of money these days pointing the finger at people who can no longer defend themselves and calling them the monsters we hear about on the nightly news.dbzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02631624075097029472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938459117789143606.post-66240883422299121082008-07-14T11:40:00.000-05:002008-07-14T11:40:00.000-05:00It just seems like we're way too late to be able t...It just seems like we're way too late to be able to exonerate or condemn the man at this point. All we're left with is hearsay and interpretation these many years later. I think childless men (and women, too) who love children always put themselves in danger of this sort of scrutiny. I am conscious of the awkwardness I feel when enjoying the playfulness of someone else's kids. It's as though the parents look at me with immediate suspicion because I have none of my own. On the other hand, pedophiles succeed at their dark objectives not by being creepy dudes in vans, but by making themselves attractive to children. Pedophiles are often charming, childlike, and fly under the radar.<BR/>So who knows.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you, though- without firm evidence, why ruin his great gifts? I certainly would get no pleasure in reinterpreting Peter Pan from the POV of a pedophile. No thanks.<BR/><BR/>Good find, though- thought-provoking to be sure.Danielle Filashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17559045917532735660noreply@blogger.com