[Vision2020] Admitted Pedophile Arrested Near Day Care Center

[Paul Rumelhart]

That leads to an interesting question.  It's this sanctity of the mind 
thing.  If a person fantasizes about something illegal, should they be 
treated as if they had done something illegal?  As far as I'm aware, 
there are no laws against being attracted to underage children.  Acting 
on that attraction is obviously illegal, but simply thinking about it is 
not.  Nor are there laws against blogging about your fantasies.  I'm 
speaking of the legality here, by the way, not the morality.

Shouldn't you be able to think what you like, even if those thoughts 
would lead to illegal actions if ever acted upon?

I'm aware that this person had a restraining order that he violated, I'm 
just speaking generally here.

I just don't want to live in a world where your very thoughts can get 
you arrested.

Paul

Tom Hansen wrote:
> As an example of what one jurisdiction is doing after having found an
> admitted pedophile near a day care center -
>
> >From CNN Video:
> http://tinyurl.com/3cj2b7
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "Uh, how about a 1-strike law. Death doesn't seem too extreme for a Level-3
> sex offender."
>
> - Dale "Comb-Over" Courtney (August 3, 2005)
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