Theater of the Soul

There are very few things that give me reason to become completely unreasonable, but Rob touched on a subject tonight that sends me past ‘unreasonable’ straight to ‘batshit CRAZY’. The topic is pedophiles and Rob provides links to places that I really shouldn’t visit just before bedtime. Personally, I get pretty wound up when I read about men or women who ‘only’ lust after children and have the nerve to feel victimized when they’re painted with the same brush as child molesters, who actually follow through on their urges.

[Lindsay] Ashford, an American expatriate living in the south of France, believes it is time the public learned pedophiles are different from child molesters in that they enjoy a romantic and emotional, but not always sexual, connection with children. He also believes it is time for a child rights movement that will give kids more say in how to live their lives. {link}

I hate to burst Ashford’s bubble, but as far as I’m concerned, a pedophile by any other name is STILL a pedophile. Even the ACLU ain’t jumping on this bandwagon…that oughta tell you something.

While I do agree with Rob that just thinking about sex with a child isn’t criminal, I just gotta say that there’s not a big leap between thoughts and action. How’s that saying go? “In for a dime, in for a dollar” or something like that? If you’re even thinking about it, you’ve got a problem. And I’m sorry but I make NO distinction between adults that rape children or adults that persuade children into sexual acts.

I’ve mentioned before that I seem to live in the convicted child molester vortex of the universe. I live in a town with a population of less than 3000, yet I have 5 of these animals living within a 1 mile radius. Yes, I realize that the justice system sometimes fucks up and people get wrongly accused or labeled. Now ask me if I’m willing to give ANY of them the opportunity to get within 100 feet of my kids. I can’t be held responsible for my actions if I find out someone is having ‘thoughts’ about molesting my children, nevermind what would happen if anyone were stupid enough to TRY IT.

Pedophilia IS a sexual disorder. The only known cure for it is a bullet in the head.