Great analogy

Admitting that we have a problem with child molesters is a first step that puts you miles ahead of most of the people in the discussions here. Manny and Popcorn are so enthusiastic as they totally focus on the toxicity of the antis, completely glossing over acknowledging that child molesters really are a real problem and child lovers have the potential to be load bearing pillars of their communities. Your argument is like a three legged stool: Leg 1) Child molesters are a problem Leg 2) Antis are the solution, but they go to far Leg 3) Child lovers can help heal the world "That's right!" your one track minded fans exclaim. "All I heard was anti's go too far and I agree! Anti's are the worst!!!" Reactions like theirs (and the scarcity of rational responses) is precisely why sharing our thoughts and ideas here at BC sucks so much. The habituates of this place interpret every post to mean what they already believed and they are completely blind to ideas that they don't already agree with. They think they are doing the right thing by banging their one issue drum as hard and long as possible, but as you say, there are unintended consequences to doing so. It seems to have have calcified their brains until they have lost the ability to think any differently or see any broader points, no matter how hard they try. Speaking of unintended consequences, did you know that the FDA in America recommends against antibacterial soap for handwashing? Regular soap does just as good of a job in removing bacteria as antibacterial soap, but regular soap does the job by rinsing the dirt and bacteria down the drain. With regular soap the body's natural bacteria quickly colonizes your hands within a few minutes of washing them, but antibacterial soap makes a bacteria desert. To a bacteria a hand is like a fertile farm where it wants to settle down, raise some crops and a family. Hands washed with antibacterial soap are like wide open countryside with zero neighbors for miles - the perfect place to colonize if the antibacterial effect was to wear off. You know how the antibacterial soap says "kills 99.99% of bacteria?" Well, when that one 0.01% get to the hands and don't die, they find themselves in that plump nutritious countryside. With such little competition, thanks to the antibacterial soap, they grow exponentially, rubbing off on everything the person touches. And that is where antibacterial soap resistant bacteria come from. Unintended consequences.