BigLundi wrote...
I don't know WHY I do this, but I DO know it's fun as hell.
You hurt others to entertain yourself. You feel no guilt over it whatsoever, and no hesitation. There's a word for that, but I just can't place my finger on it right now. You didn't happen to kill/torture animals when you were a kid, did you?
To answer Arizth's question, I would definitely try to protect it. And I would definitely not willingly take it.
I think an example would benefit this discussion: A 6-year-old child firmly believes in Santa Claus. If you want to preserve his innocence (I think that may be a more fitting word), you tell him that Santa is real. If you want to crack his innocence, you tell him that Santa isn't real, that it's just his parents.
Some may say that you should tell the child the truth, that he'll learn it eventually, but those people are forgetting one thing - being a child isn't about learning the truth and being an adult. It's about being a kid, and kids play make-believe. It's a part of growing up. Things that happen during a person's childhood can greatly affect the rest of his life.
If anybody truly wants to defile innocence, purity, he should start molesting kids. That's the best way to do it. And if that sounds horrible, if that sounds like something you could never do because it is too wrong, then you should stop trying to be a tough guy who gets his jollies from hurting others. Go big or go home, that's what they say, right?
NOTE: Saying this really screws up the impact of the last paragraph, but for the love God,
do not molest kids. I repeat,
do not molest kids.