o sung wu,
As you would be well aware the pedophile networks are alive and well. Every now and then there is a temporary breach in their defenses as with the Rolfe Harris thing. Unfortunately these things are always resolved with either suicide or a guilty plea avoiding the exposure of evidence in an open court.
There are pedophiles in all walks of life and every level in society, from the judiciary down to the gutters of Redfern and in general the police are powerless to deal with the problems.
Have you ever wondered where the missing three or four hundred kids who disappear each year actually go.
Try the super yachts that cruise in and out of Cairns and similar open ports every day then take a trip to the child slave auctions in the middle east maybe you will know more.

Lax91, if I have misjudged you I am sorry, but I am sure a lot of research has gone into the reasons why grown adults sexually abuse children already.

I think the consensus is that no one knows why, but I tend to believe they must have a defective gene that is magnified by a negligent childhood.
Even so, I am all for locking them up for life...

O Sung Wu, you should never feel guilt for what some other men have done.
Women have sure done their fair share of disgusting crimes too, as you would know, so I don 't agree in blaming either gender for society's woes.

We all need to work together to weed out these boils on the backside of society.

I think a contributing factor to these abhorrent behaviours is that the main perpetrators are from withing the very group charged with defending children.
That's why so many don't get caught. It really is a downright vicious circle that is letting everyone down. No punishment, no nothing, no wonder.

I never had any sex education as a kid, other than what I read in books.

In fact, I remember when I turned 18, my mum suggested I watch a program on TV about sex. I felt like saying, sure mum, what would you like to know.

In my opinion sexual abuse is a result of lack of control on the offenders side, even if they are enticed. I say this because as a teenage boy, I had all the urges, but never ever offended other than indulging in sex with an under aged girlfriend, as did most young guys.

As for remedies, I have often thought that some form of a relief device could be installed into male toilets. You know, thrown in your two bucks, out drops a condom and off you go.

I say this because once the urge is satisfied, surely the risk of offense is minimized.

Only a thought!

Chris "Every now and then there is a temporary breach in their defenses as with the Rolfe Harris thing."

A couple of points about that.

Rolf Harris has not yet been convicted of any of the allegations and as far as I'm aware there is no overwhelming evidence of the allegations. That's not to dismiss the allegations and I struggle with the balance between assumption of innocence and a credible case that's not yet proven in court.

The existing allegations and charges are as far as I can tell for a period between 1968 and 1986, nothing there to suggest that the charges against him are a threat to any existing child abuse rings.

I don't like the idea that time should allow any abuser to escape consequences but I've also wondered what it would be like trying to defend yourself (if innocent) against claim's of action from that far back (up to 46 years ago) especially a claim with the emotional loading that child abuse rightly carries. On the other hand the prosecution carries the difficult task of proving a case.

On the broader topic, I suspect its a mix of things. Some genetic components combined with messed up mental health issues and a sprinkling other problems.

R0bert

Lax91 and for that matter at least one other it will not wash.
That attempt to call contributors anti gay.
Few if any, confuse this issue with gay rights.
Nice try coverup but this thread and you know it lax91 is as you said both in words and between the lines a defense of the indefensible.
Runner uses the thread to pounce on others.
Please runner see the hundreds of years the hundreds of thousands of victims of much more than just the Catholic Church.
SA has seen pedophile rings with that states top folk involved.
NSW had a pedophile judge did he sit in judgement on offenders?
Last night by chance one ABC channel showed a documentary about pedophiles, the other about gays.
I channel surfed but the first showed people I hold in contempt forever the other? not my business.