Legal Catfishophile

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http://news.aol.com/story/_a/parents...01#addNewCmmnt

If you're in CT then I expect you to read the article before making a post, so I'm not going to waste my time with a summary, and I'll get straight to the point.

I believe the police are taking the only action they can. None. And I completely agree with that. This discussion has come up several times, "Is it wrong if the fetish is expressed only in thought and not in action?" and things of that sort, and I bring it up here, because the situation now sets precedent.

What I'm asking all of you is this.. Do you believe the police should apprehend him for being an open pedophile, even though he (claims to have) never touched a child in any sexual way? If not, do you agree with the police or should they take other action? Possibly putting him on some sort of list, like the sex offender list, even though he's not a sex offender? Do you agree with his right to have and express this fetish as long as he doesn't harm any other human being in the process?

Basically, express your opinions. Many questions could be asked about the topic, just blurt whatever you feel.

I think what he's doing is perfectly fine. There's plenty of people who are turned on to the youthfulness of children, though I don't have a statistic and won't make an attempt at one, cause I don't have a source. We hear about only the perverts who make their move on the children, because those are the ones who are caught (most of the time).

One of the officers quoted, "Has he acted on it? I can't say. But I've been in this business for 20 years, and I have never seen one [a pedophile] who has not."

This is an incredible stereotype, and people will take it for word because.. well.. he's a cop, right? Here's the thing though, is that ALL he sees are the pedophiles who come in after having acted on it, not the world of those who simply live it in their own mind.

That's my opinion, as more topics are brought up I'll make sure to give my point of view. Discuss.