Wednesday, February 18, 2004
'I'm tired of being forced into the shadows by society'
"For most of his life, he has buried his emotions and masked his long-secreted attraction. It wasn't until recently that Ashford decided to throw off the shackles of pedophilia and shed light on what he says is a misunderstood 'sexual orientation.' Last year, he became perhaps one of the first pedophiles in the world to put his name and face on a Web site to publicly profess his love for children.
'I am tired of being forced into the shadows by society,' Ashford said recently in an e-mail interview. 'I have committed no crime, therefore there is no good reason that I should have to hide myself. As long as pedophiles continue to hide, there is no chance of them ever being accepted.'
Ashford, an American expatriate living in the south of France, believes it is time the public learned pedophiles are different from child molesters in that they enjoy a romantic and emotional, but not always sexual, connection with children. He also believes it is time for a child rights movement that will give kids more say in how to live their lives."
No, contraception doens't lead to abortion doesn't lead to homosexuality doesn't lead to polygamy doesn't lead to pedophilia doesn't lead to complete solipsism. The fact that all of these things are happening just as predicted doesn't mean that the people who predicted them were right.
Honest.
'I am tired of being forced into the shadows by society,' Ashford said recently in an e-mail interview. 'I have committed no crime, therefore there is no good reason that I should have to hide myself. As long as pedophiles continue to hide, there is no chance of them ever being accepted.'
Ashford, an American expatriate living in the south of France, believes it is time the public learned pedophiles are different from child molesters in that they enjoy a romantic and emotional, but not always sexual, connection with children. He also believes it is time for a child rights movement that will give kids more say in how to live their lives."
No, contraception doens't lead to abortion doesn't lead to homosexuality doesn't lead to polygamy doesn't lead to pedophilia doesn't lead to complete solipsism. The fact that all of these things are happening just as predicted doesn't mean that the people who predicted them were right.
Honest.