The Shadow
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke.
Definition. Entry Date 9/25/2004
It is common knowledge that definition is a primary element to understanding important issues, therefore it would be best to define certain key words that will be used in this weblog. The first word that needs to be defined is pedophilia itself.
Legal definition:
pedophilia
"n. an obsession with children as sex objects. Overt acts, including taking sexually explicit photographs, molesting children and exposing one's genitalia to children, are all crimes. The problem with these crimes is that pedophilia is also treated as a mental illness, and the pedophile is often released only to repeat the crimes or escalate the activity to the level of murder.
See also: molestation pornography rape"
--- http://dictionary.law.com/
Standard definition:
noun
sexual desire for children: sexual desire felt by an adult for children, or the crime of sex with a child."
--- Encarta Online Dictionary
Psychological definition:
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 111-R), which is published by the American Psychological Association, supplies this definition of pedophilia: ?recurrent, intense, sexual urges and sexual arousing fantasies of at least six months duration involving sexual activity with a pre-pubescent child? (DSM, V.3, 1987).
...merely acting upon one's pedophilic urges is sufficient for a diagnosis of disorder.
--- (DSM, V.3, 1987).
October 15, 2004
What this weblog will be concerned with is the legal definition of pedophilia:
"n. an obsession with children as sex objects. Overt acts, including taking sexually explicit photographs, molesting children and exposing one's genitalia to children, are all crimes. The problem with these crimes is that pedophilia is also treated as a mental illness, and the pedophile is often released only to repeat the crimes or escalate the activity to the level of murder.
See also: molestation pornography rape"
--- http://dictionary.law.com/
I am currently gathering court cases to post as soon as I can arrange them.
Why?
It is common among the pedophile community to believe in and strive for more lenient treatment of their kind in the courts.
They tend to believe that they are making ground.
That's why we will watch the court cases, to see if the pedophile communities truly have anything to be pleased about concerning our court system.
I hope not.
Euphemisms for sexual child abuse that I've run across in the media:
Intergenerational relationship
Boylover
Adult/Child sex
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