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@j_uk643 wrote:

 

lambsy_uk

 

I can’t agree. Most know what they mean by the word. Using age not biology  is far more practical both in general communication and legally. The alternative you’re suggesting isn’t. It isn’t even ‘proper’ or complete.

The suggestion paedophilia isn’t  ‘illegal’ is misleading. If anyone is an active paedophile then they will be breaking the law

 

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Yes age is practical, sure I said that earlier. Paedophilia is a sexual attraction towards prebubescent children; having an attraction is not illegal! The term 'active paedophile' is the misleading one because to be active you only need to have an attraction. If one sexually assaults a minor then the crime is sexual assault of a minor, there is not such crime as paedophilia! Paedophilia is a state of mind!