tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post496845866324054416..comments2023-08-10T14:58:46.329+07:00Comments on Authority!: Sex Crime Psychosis in OhioTimothy J Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10634355920003282809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-85181753900241730152011-11-01T07:01:32.638+07:002011-11-01T07:01:32.638+07:00I made the point that her conduct was wrong and un...I made the point that her conduct was wrong and unethical – not “immoral.” Teaching is a profession which requires the teacher to conduct a professional relationship with students and this teacher crossed the line violating that requirement. <br />But now that you mention it, I think “immoral” applies equally well. Teachers, especially those in the primary and secondary schools, are in a special position in relation to their students. In my opinion they have an ethical as well as a moral obligation to keep the relationship at arm’s length. <br />As a parent, for example, I don’t want a teacher to be hitting on my kid. There is something unseemly about teachers using their special position for the purpose of seducing their charges. That’s why I have no problem with making such conduct unlawful, but certainly not a felony. <br />You make a good point what would have happened if the teacher were a male and the students’ female.Timothy J Taylorhttp://authoritycon.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-53586793396614145452011-10-31T17:41:08.528+07:002011-10-31T17:41:08.528+07:00"Well, of course what happened here is wrong,..."Well, of course what happened here is wrong, unacceptable, and crossing the line – that goes without saying. Teachers shouldn’t have sex with their students; it’s against the law; it’s unethical; it’s disgusting."<br /><br />I don't get your point. If it's illegal and immoral, then what is the problem with enforcing the punishment? You're simply arguing about degrees, not kinds. <br /><br />Also at this point it is always nice to ask the question: would the feelings of over-zealous prosecution be the same if it was a male teacher with female students (or male students)? I would bet that in the same situation, a male teacher would be one step away from being hanged, no matter how consentual the sex.<br /><br />American society continues to collectivize and infantalize people with arbitrary rules that have no relationship to reality. The driving force behind this trend is in your initial pronouncement that this teacher is immoral, apparently based solely on the fact that she's a 'teacher'.<br /><br />People have sex. People want to have sex, especially teenagers. Throwing people in jail for it will not change it. As long as we continue to have these arbirary rules against certain categories of concentual sex, this will continue to be a 'problem' that really isn't a problem.geoihhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228052543574335663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-34718535783646224972011-10-30T23:44:03.750+07:002011-10-30T23:44:03.750+07:00Given that the alleged victims here were of the le...Given that the alleged victims here were of the legal age of consent and presumably formally consented (the weepy statements of parents after the fact notwithstanding), this should never have seen the inside of a courtroom. It was entirely a school personnel matter -- teacher/student sex seems like a reasonable firing offense -- not a criminal matter.Thomas L. Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271473384378782680noreply@blogger.com