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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
You seem under the assumption that all pedophiles act on their urges and harm children. I'm not saying none of them do, but there are many such people who either restrict their interests to imagery (which is still supporting a despicable system), or who refuse to satisfy their urges whatsoever.
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Yes, to be honest, I've never seen the problem with that.
It obviously is an interest that shouldn't be encouraged, but if the pics already exist, how is it still wrong to look at them?
Please understand; I may miss something here, I'm not saying it ISN'T wrong, I just say I don't know what harm it can do.
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I've spoken to someone who falls into the latter category. He was sexually attracted to children, yes, but didn't permit himself to be anywhere near them nor did he indulge in third party abuse (kiddie porn). He saw a therapist regularly to help him understand himself.
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That's a brave thing to do.
Then there's the difference between being attracted to children and actually keeping these kind of websites in the air by supporting them.
If that's the case, it is indeed a bad thing.
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I don't necessarily think we should lose sight of the fact that these are people. They need help, and monitoring. Every precaution should be taken to protect children, but that doesn't end with dehumanizing people.
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Every human is one human. If it were up to me, the big criminals in this world like Bin Laden and Ghadaffi didn't HAVE to be killed. I know this was probably the only way, but I don't think they should be killed because of what they did. They should be stopped by any means with what they were doing and murder is obviuosly the safest way, as crazy as it may seem.
Whenever I say something like this, people often go "Well if it's like that no one is guilty of anything when it comes to you". And that is indeed the case.
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That said, I am supportive of chemical castration. I don't consider it dehumanizing, because I think that most people should be chemically castrated anyhow. 
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Haha, I am sometimes ashamed of men. Not saying I'm not one of them every now and then. But we sure follow our dicks sometimes...
I sometimes hear stories of my female friends, about their boyfriends that make me really sad. Even though I know they're good guys, they sure know how to hurt their girlfriend now and then. It's strange how relationships work. But err, offtopic
