But is it right?

A good question the Dancing King raises over on his blog, but which should concern anyone posting pretty pics of almost any sort on the 'Net (quite apart from copyright considerations) is, quite simply, "Is it right?" Well, I'm still half-expecting Google and Blogger at the end of the month to wet themselves, take this blog down and delete my account. But quite apart from the madcap neo-prudery of the net-head generation, some of whom now see Wikipedia ("-pedia"! Geddit?) as a threat to the world's morals (but not gay marriage, or killing unborn babies, or terrorism, all of which are quite legitimate subjects for blogging)... Quite apart from them, the question remains. Is it right?

Morally, of course, it actually depends on what precisely you're doing. Are you just looking at pics of boys, lets say in swimming trunks (or "speedos", as they're called in the rest of the world)? Or are you doing so with lascivious intent? A man who looks at a women lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Just follow the logic. Are you looking at these pics because you want to get an erection? Or are you looking at these pics (and posting them, for that matter) for other reasons, albeit in the full and certain knowledge that you and/or others will almost certainly get erections as a result?

Morally this is actually quite a subtle distinction. It's an important one though, and all sorts of important geo-political events can hinge on it. Is it wrong for a pilot to drop a bomb if he foresees a strong likelihood of civilian casualties, and so on? Unfortunately a lot of modern people just don't view the world in moral terms - just in an extreme Calvinist sort of way, taking no account of motive and only considering actions in terms of net material benefit.

My answer is of course that it's good to like boys. Indeed, it is our positive duty not just to "like" them but to love them, and that is why I post pictures of them here - because unlike the love of the angels human love has physical elements to it, and boys are physical creatures (and unusually so, maybe). Fully human love, as I have tried to explain in my various posts on the subject, cannot exist in some disembodied state. The main purpose of this blog is of course to "blog out" my thoughts and feelings about children, boys, sexuality, morality, and whatever else comes into my head. Its secondary purpose though is to encourage men to love boys in a world in which men have no interest in children in general or in boys in particular.

As far as I am concerned, a few unintended (even if not unforeseen) "consequences" (i.e. going on "down there") of posting pics here is but a small price to pay for the good I hope may come of it.