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It's very politically difficult to express sympathy in cases like this.
For every person suggesting how the systems could have helped him avoid this situation, or treat the issues, there are 100 facebook groups ready to hang the pediatricians.
Which means that people with similar issues who genuinely could be helped don't step forward, because they know it'll be tar and feathers. So they spiral until they're far far worse, and eventually get caught.
That article is both hilarious and awful at the same time. You are right though, who in their right mind would admit to having an issue. Although I think the difference here is that Huw Edwards never meant to actually view child porn, he even asked the guy not to send him any.
Back to the topic though - is it possible to cure paedophilia? I thought it wasn't yet known how one could change somebody's sexual attraction to things/people
That's where it gets into the super-mega-tricky politics.
You've got to advocate for helping to reform someone doing something harmful (diddling kids).
While also defending not doing a similar thing to other people who are not causing harm (being gay).
While a third group is trying to conflate the two, because they want them both to suffer.
And a fourth group (unrepentant diddlers) try to conflate in the opposite direction to normalise their diddling.
Absolute fucking minefield, so the upshot is people who could be helped, don't get helped.
Exactly what I'm thinking. If you could cure paedophilia (which would be a good thing) then you may be able to cure homosexuality (which could and would be abused quite a bit). Although it is worth mentioning that Huw Edwards wasn't diddling, but I assume you were just talking about in general