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Originally Posted by JLeighs
But a pedophile is someone who is sexually attracted to children. The definition is not limited solely to acting out on those attractions. If an adult has a sexual attraction to children and/or has sexual thoughts about children, then that person is, by definition, a pedophile.
In addition, there are plenty of adults arrested on a daily basis even though they have not actually touched a child. There are numerous undercover law enforcement personnel out there to trap and arrest child predators before they've gotten even close to a child. I realize that this isn't quite the same thing as we are discussing here, but I do think it shows that this discussion of pedophilia and free speech is not as cut-and-dried as some would like to think.
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And those arrests are made based on the ACTIONS of the person arrested. They actually make an attempt to commit a crime. Just like the guy in Seattle that was entrapped and "intended" to blow up a van at the Christmas celebration.
Not that I agree with that kind of entrapment either but it is very different to ACT on beliefs than to have them or to speak freely of them.