On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:33:34 +0100, "The Todal"
wrote:

I think we can all safely assume that it will never, ever, be socially
acceptable to be a paedophile. Those who are paedophiles must keep their
yearnings a secret.

And I think that's for the best.

So you think it best that a person who has a condition that they did
not want and has no control over should live a lie or be a social
outcast? Do you feel the same way about any other condition that a
person is born with? Epilepsy, perhaps, which was at one time a
similarly unacceptable condition.

Do you not believe it better if the person could be open and honest
about his condition and receive help to prevent it causing harm? Or
maybe epileptics would be better off living a lie and pretending to
others that they don't have the condition. Living in constant denial
and maybe proving their normality by becoming bus drivers or airline
pilots rather than being helped to control their condition and live in
a way that is unlikely to present a danger to others?

--
Cynic