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Originally Posted by Zyr
should the desire itself be considered wrong, when other desires are not?
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Exactly. Being attracted to children harms precisely no-one.
Here's something else to consider, in the vein of paedophilia being comparable to hetero/homosexuality:
Take some fictional homosexual male. He may be scared or intimidated by opinions of homosexuality around him. In New Zealand at least, most young men use the term 'gay' freely and frequently as an insult. This guy is afraid to come out to his friends or family, and as a consequence keeps any relationships he pursues secret, and always feels judged, or inferior, or less of a man, and so on.
If these kind of trials ace someone who is a homosexual, something which is reasonably accepted in modern society, what does it feel like to be a paedophile, where you cant pursue any relationships at all? If you were to 'come out' to anyone, you could easily be reported to the police! Let alone fear of being shunned by your peers, how about fear of being arrested? Being registered as a sex offender, and having to tell your new neighbours when you move towns: "Hey, I'm your new neighbour, and I'm required by law to tell you that I'm a paedophile." Sounds like life sucks for a closet paedophile.
There was a song about this even, "Deformative" by Black Eyes.
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