BBC Have your Say - paedophiles

[wendigo100]

Sorry, don't understand the point or relevance of the question. Does the word "awkward" have a hidden meaning of "illegal" or "causes massive harm to others"?

I would suggest that you are just trying to wind me up. Get a life.

Homosexuals aren't illegal.

Look, I'm not defending the actions of these people, but you seem to be going further - blaming them for what they are.

"They cannot be cured" and "Yeah, and imagine you were a would-be <insert perversion as required>. Should we feel sorry for you then?"

So, someone with paedaphile urges who hasn't actually done anything wrong, no kiddy fiddling, no porn sites - is he a bad man? Can he help himself?

[pisces]

And my point is that I have as much sympathy for a serial killer as I do for a paedophile, rapist, etc. i.e. NONE!

I don't care whether their tendencies are their own fault or not since if they act on them that is DEFINITELY through their own choice.

Some of these people are mentally ill and thus don't act on their own choice.

[Ardesco]

This is where the problems come in. How do you draw the line?

Is 1 image in your internet cache OK? 5 ? 10 ? what if somebody inadvertantly clicked on a page that loaded 100 images ?

What is to stop a paedophile from using this as a defense and getting away with it? Will they get speciallt constructed pages holding 100 images that they look at and say oops just clicked on it once and went EWW i'm not a paedophile honest guvnor.

[angusglover]

Homosexuals aren't illegal.

Look, I'm not defending the actions of these people, but you seem to be going further - blaming them for what they are.

"They cannot be cured" and "Yeah, and imagine you were a would-be <insert perversion as required>. Should we feel sorry for you then?"

So, someone with paedaphile urges who hasn't actually done anything wrong, no kiddy fiddling, no porn sites - is he a bad man? Can he help himself?

We all have urges we do not act on. Having the urge does not make you bad, but acting on it implies making a decision. We all make our own choices and acting on an urge that is either illegal or immoral means you therefor accept responsibility.

IMHO people that have these urges and act on them, albeit through mental incapacity, need to be removed from society for the safety of inncoents i.e. kids, women etc.

[SallyAnne]

I'm 30 and currently poking a 20 year old bird.

YES!!!!

A 20 year old thick bird.

HTH.

[angusglover]

HEHE, does she have a sister?

[WotNxt]

This is where the problems come in. How do you draw the line?

Is 1 image in your internet cache OK? 5 ? 10 ? what if somebody inadvertantly clicked on a page that loaded 100 images ?

What is to stop a paedophile from using this as a defense and getting away with it? Will they get speciallt constructed pages holding 100 images that they look at and say oops just clicked on it once and went EWW i'm not a paedophile honest guvnor.

I believe this is where you would use a word like "reasonable". I.e. It would then be up to a jury to decide what was "reasonable" in the individual circumstances of the case.

Let's face it though, anyone who stumbles accidentally across a dodgy page on the net is very unlikely to be prosecuted - the police and CPS have discretion in these matters even if they ever did find out about it.

[WotNxt]

Some of these people are mentally ill and thus don't act on their own choice.

Then they could/should be locked away simply for that reason!!!!!! Isn't that what secure mental facilities are for?

Get real

[freakydancer]

A 20 year old thick bird.

HTH.

Nope, she's actually very slim - I don't do thick birds.

HTH

[Rantor]

I believe this is where you would use a word like "reasonable". I.e. It would then be up to a jury to decide what was "reasonable" in the individual circumstances of the case.

Let's face it though, anyone who stumbles accidentally across a dodgy page on the net is very unlikely to be prosecuted - the police and CPS have discretion in these matters even if they ever did find out about it.

There are a group of people suing for wrongful arrest because of the lack of discretion (no evidence but progressing with prosecution until thrown out.)

There is also anecdotal tales of it being used as general fit-up strategy - very effective I imagine given the social stigma.

Still doesn't mean that there are ain't a lot of bad stuff on the web catering to the tastes of some sick puppies.