# What do we, as a society, do about pedophilia?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 10, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-as-a-society-do-about-pedophilia/584929 "2011-06-10T01:26:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-as-a-society-do-about-pedophilia/584929/117 "2011-11-26T03:41:09Z")

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> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#):
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> I think you all are on the wrong track. If you think you can modify a pedophile to make him adverse to pedophilia, then you must accept that you can modify homosexuals as well. As most of you know, that is simply not possible.

Well I believe its possible-so actually this view offers more hope to pedophiles rather than just “Oh well you’ve been born a freak, too bad”.

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