George Costanza
A Friendly Liberal
however.... i do not believe that pedophilia is no more a mental illness then homosexuality. That may be a hard thing for many to come to grips and terms with though. It is a sexual preference...[/COLOR]
I think you meant to say that you do not believe that pedophilia is any more a mental illness than homosexuality.
While it is true that neither pedophilia nor homosexuality are forms of mental illness, it does not necessarily follow that either of them are matters of choice or preference, rather than compulsion. In spite of your opinion on this subject, I think that the better thinking in today's scientific world is that both homosexuality and pedophilia are genetically formed, rather than matters of free choice.