I’m sorry, but you seemingly don’t understand how philosophy works. How you could think I would literally believe a system of justice that imprisons people isn’t at all punitive is absolutely beyond me, but it seems to serve your purposes. I do believe you think I’m a liar, although it’s not clear why you would…

The reason I didn’t get into a defense of that statement is because it was pointless. It had been entirely misunderstood, and I had bigger fish to fry. I also knew that if I explained it to you or anyone else (as I thought I had by immediately pointing out that it was from a philosophy classroom, and was therefore a…

So yes, in other words. You don’t know what philosophy of law is.

That was disappointing. For one thing you’re sill saying I said I have legal training which, in addition to your arguments, and the fact that you think I believe preventative and rehabilitative justice shouldn’t or don’t incorporate punishment, leads me to believe you’re not actually clear on what Philosophy of Law…

Thanks so much. I really appreciate that. I haven’t been sure how to feel, honestly. I’m still getting really abusive, unbelievably hateful replies. The anonymity of the internet makes me wonder who these people are, and whether they’ve ever actually engaged with the world of ideas out there about why assaults happen,…

I know. It’s absurd.

I avoided it because it’s going to be yet another fruitless area of discussion. When one is already down a rabbit hole of split hairs, picked nits and accusations of being a literal rapist one doesn’t necessarily want to confuse things further by attempting a nuanced discussion of the philosophical underpinnings of…

I know you can be more vicious than this. Keep going.

Well, if I don’t know by now...

Cool. So we’re done here?

Okay, cool. I’ve tried my best to have an actual conversation. There’s really no point for me to lie to you, which is what you’ve claimed I’ve done more than once. This seems like a wasted effort to me, so if there’s nothing else you want to discuss...

I didn’t chide them. I also didn’t presume to know what they believed about his father’s motivations. I asked them. Go take a look for yourself.

I somehow missed this comment. I apologise. Thank you for sharing your story. I hope you’re alright, and I completely understand your arguments.

This is going nowhere. I’ve explained to you that none of my comments even suggest agency does not exist or that rapists are not responsible for the actions. If you can’t accept that in good faith, and therefore you think, I don’t know, that I’m lying or something... then there’s no point continuing this conversation.

If the “massive detail” I missed is personal agency, then I didn’t miss it. I presumed you (“and many others”) would be intelligent enough to understand that saying choices occur under conditions created by culture does not mean no choice has occurred. If I were literally a determinist I would have told you by now.

It’s interesting to you that I would choose to form a sentence in such way that emphasizes the experience of victims?

Facepalm.

You can disagree with literally every word I have to say and not claim I am lying by claiming to have been sexually abused.

When did I imply legal expertise? I was asked a specific question: where did I learn a particular idea about the purpose of the justice system? I answered it by saying I learned it when undertaking study of the philosophy of law, which is the truth. It was literally a truthful answer to an honest question. I didn’t…

So, just to be explicitly, totally clear about this: you’re a mental health professional, who has undergone training, works with vulnerable people, and presumably has also been educated in the ethics of their professional role. Someone is telling you that they are an abuse survivor, and your response is to snarkily…