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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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I think that pedophilia should be treated as a sickness to rehabilitate rather than as a malicious crime. CMV.

Be careful not to read too much into the statement. I draw a distinction between child molestation and rape, which is an act of violence and should be punished as such; and pedophilia, which is a sexual preference as unavoidable as any; one can not *choose* their sexual preferences.

As ine can not choose their sexual preferences, I think the demonisation and witch-hunting which is a reaction to pedophilia simply drives these people away from help and forms of authority which might be better suited to assist in rehabilitating and counselling against their urges in support groups.

Of course, a person who acts on these urges is comitting a violent act to whom there is a victim, and should be punished accordingly, but always with the mindset that he was acting out a sexual desire which he cannot choose, any more than we choose our own.

I'm not gonna say that ciminalisation does more harm than good; i can't call those numbers. But i do think its not a fair or long-term solution.

Edit: i had recieved a message from the subs Bot that my post had been removed due to the frequent topic post.
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Well having pedophile urges is not in itself a malicious crime anyway. If you had those urges, but told the world that you found kids sexually attractive, no one would arrest you.

 But when you act on those urges you are commiting a crime.