As texmec says, from a historical perspective, a thirteen or fourteen year-old was not a child. He might go to war, wed, and have children. Why, when writing about history, should an author adhere to society's arbitrary current standard of it's only legal to have sex if one is eighteen years-old, or older?
Pueros probably knows more about ancient history than the rest of us combined. He writes about kids being castrated. Guess what, they were -- throughout history. Mainstream authors have written about kids being castrated and fucked. Should that not be mentioned because it might turn someone on?
Too, many people developed their castration fixations when they were going though puberty -- some even before. I think it's legitimate to write about those feelings and desires. For most people I believe, puberty is the most sexually intense period of their lives.
Most of my stories are tragedies. I can't think of a more tragic situation for a thirteen or fourteen year-old boy than for him to be castrated. Being castrated at that age would have changed my whole life. Being castrated now, would have little or no effect on my life.
An author can't be responsible for how someone reacts to his stories. Often I'm appalled at the response I get to some of my stories, taken aback that someone got off on a situation that I had presented to invoke sympathy for the victim.
A prerequisite for posting a story here is that someone has to lose some of his genitals. If one wishes to write about kids, that probably means that a kid has to get castrated. Because someone writes about it doesn't mean he wants to see any kid castrated or harmed in any way. In some cases an author might be working through his own childhood castration fantasies. Writing is often good therapy. If you write about your demons, they often lose much of their power over you.
I for one, wouldn't want to see any child hurt, much less castrated. Murder is also illegal, yet a story about a child being murdered wouldn't arouse as much debate as one about a child being castrated. As in elsewhere in our society, sex raises more ire than does murder.
I haven't seen any stories here about how anyone wants
If mrt has read any such stories, would he please point them out to us? That would be a turn-off for me, too. I would like to see any such stories removed from the Archive; but I don't think any such story would have made it past Paolo in the first place.
Before we have any more knee jerk reactions to this thread, read the whole thread. As I said, it's all been said in previous posts. Stories about minors are labeled as such. No one that objects to such stories need read them.