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Originally Posted by Phoboxyl
At the risk of entering a minefield, what is wrong with children? I find pedophilia disgusting but if it's in a person's own mind or even drawings and stories, then what's the problem? It's not like there's a cure for it anyway. These people will never be happy so long as they repress their fantasies. To advocate that is lunacy and the worst attitude psychology can take.
Don't get me wrong, but whats wrong with breaking the law? What really matters is whether what you are doing is wrong and if you will get caught or not. I think you should modify this statement or remove it. For example, a person might have a fetish for some material which is illegal in their country, that doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to consume it as long as they can do so with little risk.
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What's wrong with children is that even if they are not physically touched, pedophilia can cause extreme psychological issues on children. And let's not forget to mention that if it is someones fetish, in many cases (albeit not all) the idea of the fetish starts to become so tempting they act more and more on it until a child is hurt. Just having an adult stare at a child lustfully can cause emotional damage on the child, and with each step further into the fetish they go, the worse the child suffers.
When you go to the emergency room the doctors say "Have you thought about hurting yourself or others?" you asnwer yes or no. Answering yes can and often will have you at least evaluated by a psychological doctor. Because there is something that needs help in thinking about hurting others or yourself. Same thing goes for children. It's not ok to want to touch and or hurt children, it's something that needs to be helped, like when people are suicidal or homicidal, something that needs help.
They don't have a set "cure" for schizophrenia bipolar OCD BPD or many other mental illnesses but it does not mean that they do not need emotional help. There may not be a set cure for pedophilia but there is a higher chance that the pedophile will not hurt a child if they get treatment for their disease.
And to answer the topic question, I think that as long as the act is between two consenting adults, and they are aware of the possible effects of the fetish, that nothing is too far. As long as they know the possibilities, are both willing to do it and are both of legal age