Sorry, I thought it was kind of hard to read too.

"The root cause of our problem? This is something we have debated, argued and discussed for many years on many ped boards. It basiclly comes down to the same thing most other things do Nature vs Nurture. I cannot speak for everyone else here only myself. I think the root cause is genetics. I have at least one other person in my family who is a pedophile and I know others with the same experience. The problem is that since most of us hide there is no way of knowing who has pedophiles in their family and no way to really research this. Some peds I know have been molested but not all of us, I was not, so I don't think that can really be the root cause. In fact one person said he had ped feelings before he was molested, lots of kids are molested and all don't become pedophiles so that does not really work."

I can somewhat believe that. As I replied to Dakota we are taught that there is a root cause for pedo, that it isn't genetic. After I thought about it some more I realized we did the same thing to gay people. I do respect those of you out there that do not act upon your thoughts. It's hard to have an urge that won't go away and still fight it off.

"Why is my thought anywhere near almost as bad as an action?"

I'm under the assumption that this is an obsession. And any obesession is dangerous. It's scary to think that there are people like you out there looking at our youth in a way that isn't innocent. And what stops you from acting out on your thoughts? Thinking is the first step before doing, and that's why I believe it's as bad.

"Really though I can't stop it anymore than you can stop being straight or gay and their being pissed at me does not change that."

I agree, but have you ever considered that you're just gay and repressed, and it's coming out as pedo?