OK, cool off a bit Hachiro.
No I don't have to cool off here....you are not my mother and your condescending attitude makes matters worse....write what you want to say more clearly and then your posts will not be misinterpreted or misunderstood OK!
I read that post and I disagree, These two quotes contradict themselves, I choose to bypass that...read them again. By extension of the logic in the first quote about pedophilesand if a person is a killer, because they are attracted to murdering someone or thinking about it, either way they are guilty of one or the other.
Being a pedophile simply means you're attracted to children--just like being heterosexual means you're attracted to women, it doesn't nessescarily mean you've acted on that desire--
The definition of Pedophilia is a preference for sexual activity with prepubertal children. Puberty being defined as when your body is physically capable of reproduction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkedophilia
Seriously though, it's an important distinction--a person could really like the idea of killing people, but if he goes his whole life without ever actually trying to do it, is it a problem?
Same thing is it a problem for society if a person is a pedophile?
Read on; these are quotes from your posts;
The point I made is that if someone doesn't have sex with a child then they haven't done anything wrong.
I don't take issue with that statement at all.
1)Paedophiles who don't rape children, I have no problem with.
2)I would consider rape to be an issue of consent, so once the child becomes mature enough to be able to consent, and then does so, I woulldn't call it rape. At what age this is obvously depends on the child but for most people I would guess that its probably between 1?T-17.
So then from this quote I can safely assume that you think that any adult that has sex with a person under the age of 15 to 17 would be considered a pedophile and guilty of rape? Noone ever said that a person having sex with a 15 to 17 year old would be considered a pedophile.
This misundersating may be arising if you think that people can have sex with children without raping them. I disagree, see my argument about consent above.
ANY adult person having sexual relationships with a child under the legal age of consent, is guilty of rape. You confuse the issue by bring in the age of consent. Adults that have sex with children under the legal age of consent are GUILTY in most country's in the world of statutory rape. You can not tell me that a child that age can "consent" to having sex.
You make the supposition that a child under the accepted age of consent, can agree to have sex with an adult and it not be rape, is that correct?
Then what is your definition of rape? What is your definition of a pedophile?
Age of consent is different from country to country but I will agree for the purpose of this discussion that it is between 15 to 17 years old. I still take issue with this comment that you make.
Paedophiles who don't rape children, I have no problem with
I can not and never will agree with that, purely because CHILDREN, are under the age of consent.
And by the way its customary to refer to women with she and not he
My my bit pedantic aren't we, did know you not a he but a she...THAT I apologize for...mea culpa, mea culpa.
Either way interesting debate, like I wrote in my previous post, with subjects like this is is very necessary for people to be precise in what they are writing or misunderstandings can occur. This topic is of and by itself explosive to many people, myself included.