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am i the only one who feels the same amount of disgust for both child molesters and paedophiles? i must be ignorant because i thought they were one and the same therefore i genuinely thought being a paedophile was illegal, i didn't know they could admit they were a paedophile and then just carry on with their day-to-day lives. to be honest i find that horrifying.
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Yes you were ignorant about the issue and you have the media to thank for that. The only 'pedophile' cases you see on the news are the ones where children have been kidnapped, raped for years and preferably murdered and eaten. That has nothing to do with pedophilia though. That's a rapist sociopath picking children because they are defenseless and easy targets, not because they are children.
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I imagine that fear of a paedophile stems from his potential to harm due to the pent-up frustrations he (or she) must have rather than what they've actually done.
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Again I believe that fear is the product of the media rather than the danger that pedophiles actually present. The notion that everyone who has feelings for young children is by definition a rapist who is out to kidnap them is completely absurd. Yet somehow it manifested itself as truth, probably because, as a parent, you're not going to take the gamble that a known pedophile has no bad intentions.
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Also how can you be certain a self-confessed 'friendly' paedophile isn't going to indulge in child porn in the privacy of their own home without constant intrusive surveillance? doesn't seem worth it.
who even admits they're a paedophile? surely it'd be swiftly followed by total ostracisation from society in general.
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Logically speaking a friendly pedophile wouldn't have an interest in watching videos where children are being harmed or forced.
Also the entire fear campaign that's going on against child sexuality (especially in the US and UK) has made it virtually impossible for a pedophile to talk about their desires openly without being labeled as a sexual predator. And thus made it impossible to seek help, should they feel the need. In many cases it's impossible to even discuss the subject with an open mind, like I'm doing, without immediately being accused of being a pedophile.