[mpsprd]

Pederasty was practiced in many cultures. It's indeed messed up but I wouldn't say it's peculiar to Afghanistan

[nonethewiser]

It doesn’t have to be for Afghanistan to be messed up.

[rewmie]

OP stated that Afghanistan is messed up, and substantiated the claims by pointing a pervasive custom of sexual abuse of children.

Whataboutisms do not change the validity of such claim. I don't know what point you thought you were making.

[mpsprd]

I'm absolutely not trying to say say its not messed up. I was trying to say that these (horrible) practices do not characterize Afghan culture itself as they are pervasive in the world. I don't think this is whataboutism.

Honestly re-reading myself I now think of many cultures where it was never an occurrence, so I don't really agree with myself anymore. Thank you for making me rethink it.

[nonethewiser]

And why? What would motivate someone to rebut the mild claim that its messed up?

[rewmie]

> What would motivate someone to rebut

It was not a rebuttal. It was pure whataboutisms.

> the mild claim

Systematic sexual abuse is not mild, and it's way more than a mere claim: it's well and thoroughly documented.