Originally posted by Dan Tanna
Interpol
Internal inhibitors are personal factors which control a person's behavior. The knowledge that it is morally wrong to sexually abuse a child or that sexual activity with a child can seriously damage the mental welfare of his victim in the future.
External inhibitors are far more basic and evolve around the fear of being caught and going to prison linked with the knowledge that their personal lifestyle would be seriously affected if it became public that they are sexually attracted to children.
Once the internal and external inhibitors have been removed, possibly by a period of stress or boredom then the peadophile moves into the cycle of offending.
Emphasis is mine. So could this pornography stop this boredom and give them release without having to go and abuse a child or view the real thing? If they recognise it's morally wrong and feel so guilty that they choose to use the fake stuff, wouldn't that show a willingness not to offend? Could this lead to a safe peadophile?
Note i wouldn't leave such a person alone with children as that's just like placing meat in front of a dog. However i'm trying to find a new way of dealing with such things and i'm also worried about censorship of fictional devices.
You talk of a slippery slope, well once you start censoring things that is a very slippery slope. As i said it's an issue i'm seriously struggling with, whist i'm leaning towards legalisation, i'm still on the fence with this issue.
[edit on 29-6-2008 by ImaginaryReality1984]



