Kraichgauer wrote:
No, no. My point was, photographs of women weren't enough for me after a time, and I had wanted the real thing. I'm saying it would only be a matter of time till pedophiles want more than just a computerized image of a child.
Pedophile means someone who likes kids sexually; it's not the same thing as a child molester, who uses children to satisfy his pedophilia. In the same way, you being a straight man means you want women sexually, it doesn't mean that if you can't get laid you're going to go out and rape someone.
There was a very old thread on WP that had a pedophile asking people on WP for advice; he made it clear that he didn't want to hurt actual kids, but that he really couldn't help the attraction. I think such people need compassion and help, not only for their own sake, but because it would probably reduce the risk to kids as well.
The sorts of childish vengeance fantasies in this thread about tazering their balls and the like are not useful, and are getting mad at the wrong thing. It's getting mad at the attraction, which doesn't harm anyone and can't be helped, not at the actual abuse of children, which does harm someone and can be helped.
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