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Why Is A Character From A Film, Who Is A Pedophile, Gets Any Remorse?!!


I'm not trying to anger anyone, ruffle feathers, or insult anyone. I want people to really think about what this is at its purest form with no bull! You know, people talk about this character feeling so sorry for the man who has feelings for A KID AT 13 YEARS OLD! Then in real life, when a 13 year old kid gets, seduced, raped, or gets abducted by an adult, it causes outrage and anger. In contrast, people pay money to see a film in which this pervert who is highly sick and dysfunctional, who hungers for a child, gets remorse! Uh? What? Hello! Feeling sorry for a Pedophile!!! I don't care if this is fiction! It is what it is! Immoral! Unethical! Ill Rational! It's a twisted out look that goes against a healthy form of Human Nature And Society! It’s Completely contorted! Not an ounce of acceptance in our society should be tolerated! It amazes me how casual people talk about this poor male character, Hubert who is just trying to rekindle feelings when he was this girl's age! I wouldn't be too surprised if a law passes where it's all right for an adult to have sex with a minor! It really scares me that people talk about a repulsive character from a film that reflects real life in which this twisted behavior does occur, and again, there is to be found remorse! By The Way! How would you like it if a man like this went after your son or daughter and victimizes him or her? Would you pay to watch a film like this there after a tragic encounter like that happens to your child? This isn't between two consenting adults! Again! It's An Adult Who Wants A Child!

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Both movies, and especially the novel, are far more complex than just "Humbert bad, Lolita victim". If that's the only way you can see them, then you're missing the point, which probably makes you feel morally superior.

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I never felt sorry for him but he was an intricate character instead of just being a one dimensional villain. In a similar vein Truman Capote’s description of Perry Smith (a real life murderer) in In Cold Blood depicts him as being a far deeper person than you would expect the average killer to be leaving the reader wondering how some one like him could be a cold blooded murderer, but I don’t feel sorry for him being executed.

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