For the record, I'm not making fun of the revulsion and disgust you feel when you realize that someone you knew all your life isn't the person you knew. Those are valid feelings.
I'm just amazed at how quick to disown offspring some people are when they find out their kid (whatever the age) did something awful. You know, instead of contemplating the possibility that, at some point, they might have failed him in his childhood. Instead of wondering how they missed the signs over 18 years of his upbringing, and what they can do to avoid a similar situation in the future. This kind of shit doesn't happen in a vacuum, and there is no kiddy diddler gene that lies dormant in a person for years to suddenly awaken one day. Fortunately, anon I originally replied to has only presented a hypothetical situation and hasn't actually bred any child molesters to my knowledge.
Re: Glee star (and convicted pedophile).... [suicide warning]
I'm just amazed at how quick to disown offspring some people are when they find out their kid (whatever the age) did something awful. You know, instead of contemplating the possibility that, at some point, they might have failed him in his childhood. Instead of wondering how they missed the signs over 18 years of his upbringing, and what they can do to avoid a similar situation in the future. This kind of shit doesn't happen in a vacuum, and there is no kiddy diddler gene that lies dormant in a person for years to suddenly awaken one day. Fortunately, anon I originally replied to has only presented a hypothetical situation and hasn't actually bred any child molesters to my knowledge.