[Qwerty]

"Well, I see the lunatic left is making their move to condone pedophilia..."

Removing it as a mental illness is NOT condoning it, any more than saying murderers are not necessarily mentally ill. If you have a victim, it's still a crime.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Removing it as a mental illness is NOT condoning it, any more than saying murderers are not necessarily mentally ill. If you have a victim, it's still a crime.

You mean like when your pathology was wrongly removed from the DSM and sodomy laws were dropped from more than half the states becuase of that? You wouldn't know a slippery slope if it bit you in the ass.

[L.N. Smithee]

Removing it as a mental illness is NOT condoning it, any more than saying murderers are not necessarily mentally ill. If you have a victim, it's still a crime.

Define "condone" -- and please, don't just give me a dictionary definition. Define it in the context of your above statement. What steps would the APA have to take to actually "condone" pedophilia, in your opinion?

[Teetop]

You know? This is something that turns my stomach, but I do have to admit that I was wrong in the first post I made. Taking this off as a mental illness, gives those scumbags less of a chance of getting out, or off, due to claiming mental illness.

So, thank you for replying and getting me to thinking about this more! :o)

[JLO]

"murderers are not necessarily mentally ill. "

Oh really? I beg to differ that thought...