Reply #118: I understand this is an emotional subject for everyone involved but keep the discussion honest. [View All]

[Eryemil]

"The "logic" you have provided us with thusfar suggests: Some people think there is something wrong with me - there is nothing wrong with me - ergo there is nothing wrong with anyone."

This is a straw man.


"This is NOT an act of "attraction." This was an act of predation..."

It is both. Pedophilia, though used commonly to mean child molestation can also be used to make a distinction between the criminal offense as opposed to the actual paraphilia, the desire to have sex with children. So you can logically assume that virtually all child molesters will be pedophiles but a pedophile that does not act on his desires is not a child molester.

It is very much an attraction, just like zoophilia is a sexual attraction. I don't understand why calling it such bothers you so much?
As I wrote in above, paraphilia are very diverse in nature. The focus of the sexual attraction can be virtually anything.


"The fuckwads that killed Matthew Shepard and Teena Brandon were sadistic, predatory shitbags too."

An emotional appeal to my sensibilities as a gay man.


"Some people ARE evil."

That is a philosophical debate which I am not willing to engage in in this thread.
If you would like to chat I would be more than willing to do so in PMs.