UPDATE Man Faces Minimum 1 Year in Prison for Bringing Manga to Canada On His Laptop

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shuraiya said:

This is the very distinction I was trying to make; you are viewing all pedophiles in a worst-case senario. Everyone may agree that pedophilia is disgusting, depraved, or even sinful, but what we must not forget is that it isn't a crime. Pedophiles choose whether of not to act on their desires. Those that do end up justifying their crime in the manner you described above: people reach full sexual maturity at the age of 5. This extreme view is not characteristic of all pedophiles, but merely of those make the decision to act on their desires and then attempt to avoid punishment through desperate rationalization.

On the point of animated child pornography, we will have to agree to disagree. There are two sides to the arguement. The other side is of the belief that it can provide a means of satisfying most of the pedophiles urges--urges that would be directed at real children--thus reducing the chances of criminal behavior. It could even be further argued that outlawing such material outright could lead to an increase in cases of child molestation by pedophiles.

I think that this is debatable, and I wish a real psychiatrist (if such an individual is among us) would further elaborate. Paedophilia is considered a mental illness. If it were something so easily controlable, then it wouldn't really be a problem.

Here's an interesting artcile regarding the profile of a pedophile: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/82/4/457.full

Pedophiles usually come to medical or legal attention by committing an act against a child because most do not find their sexual fantasies distressing or ego-dystonic enough to voluntarily seek treatment.

I'm pretty sure this itself is reason enough to send individuals like this guy to a psychiatrist.