The negative emotional and physical effects that child molestation has on the victims is truly awful.
I say physical effects because everyone thinks of the emotional scarring, but as infuriating as it is to think about, the victims sometimes end up with STD's that they live with for the rest of their lives, as well as physical damage to their genitals, rectum, etc.
I don't have the figures, but I have read the stats in the past that victims of child sexual abuse are more likely to abuse drugs, commit suicide, and suffer from depression.
Quite often (certainly not always) those who get most upset about molestation are those that have been affected by it, either directly (victim) or indirectly (sibling, spouse or friend a victim). I could tell by some of the reactions that this had to be the case, not to mention that the statistics say that undoubtedly many folks here have been affected by it. I believe it is like 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys are sexually assaulted at some point, with a tremendous number of cases going unreported!!!
Anyways, THAT is why I stated that I thought that joking about it and using humor when commenting on it was probably inappropriate.
Again, just my opinion, but it is so repulsive that it's just not something to joke about. Many of us here have kids - imagine this happening to your child and then seeing fellow members joking about it...