Perverted Justice online bust turns offline!

[TerryMathews]

Originally posted by: AAjax

I think he crossed the line when he tried to make actual real life contact via phone and set up a meeting. At that point you have no real argument of fantasy as there is no medium (the internet) to seperate actuall people.
The faq over at their forum is an interesting read, apparantly without actual intent to contact in a real world situation they go no further (posting the personal info and such) That would be a stopgap between fantasy and reality.

I don't know. He claims that he knew that the other person was an adult and was role-playing. Which is 100% correct. Of course you and I have all the information at hand. The question is, what was his state of mind. Reading through the weblog, I got the feeling too that it was an adult and not a child. Of course, I wouldn't be as brave/stupid as he is and I am in no way defending his actions, but nor do I believe this person to be a danger to children.

EDIT: I should probably point out, in the interest of full disclosure, that I have a few fantasies that I find erotic but others might find offensive. Pedophilia doesn't excite me in the least, but I suppose finding anything taboo erotic makes you somewhat sympathetic.

I in no way am condoning the act of pedophilia. I think that child pornography is wrong, and sex with children worse. Thought and action are worlds apart, however. A healthy out for this fetish would be play-acting with your SO dressed in a school-girl uniform. Which I'm sure happens more often than anyone is willing to admit, lest they bring down the rath of the anti-pedophile task force.

 

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