[Sherman Logan]

And society will get along just fine if these men are executed on the same day they are found guilty of being a pedophile.

Pedophilia is not and should not be a crime. We punish people for their actions, not their inclinations or desires.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

So, we just sit back and wait.

[yldstrk]

they can think it, but the minute one of them acts on it, he needs his life ruined, just like he ruined the life of that innocent child

[Anton.Rutter]

If a person is executed for a crime they have already acted on their baby raping inclinations.

[publius911]

Pedophilia is not and should not be a crime. We punish people for their actions, not their inclinations or desires.

Agreed.
It just muddies the issue to extend a clear definition and concept to the thought crime arena, and the dogmatic activists, oblivious to the original definition, can't grasp the counterproductive results.

Actions should always be the punishable crime with the severest penalties, without exception, as society decides. Just as sodomy was until relatively recently.<>It doesn't take a MENSA member, for instance, to assess where the the lack of clarity, and resulting "tolerance" of the late 1970s has lead society.

[Shadowstrike]

Yes it IS a crime, Yes it SHOULD be a crime, and they need to be HUNG.

Or are you so defensive because you are one?