I accept that the original meaning of the word; a person who loves children, has been changed.
But the way the word is being used, I am confused as to its exact meaning nowadays. A dictionary definition, states a paedophile is someone who has sexual desire for children. Does this include children with that desire? And if it is only 'desire' how can we have a 'committed paedophile' a common expression on the bbc news?
It is like saying a man who desires women, is a rapist, even if he never has sex.
2007-01-13
22:50:47
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Sprinkle
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