It will only go downhill from here

https://lemmy.world/post/8441889

It will only go downhill from here - Lemmy.World

Isn’t it a good thing for pedophiles to have an outlet for their desires that doesn’t involve harming children? Am I not seeing an obvious downside?
Pedophilia is not a sexuality and CSAM, AI generated or not, is not a healthy outlet. Pedophilia should be treated as a disease, and pedophiles should receive treatment for that instead.
AFAIK you can’t “cute” pedophilia the same way you can’t cure homosexuality. The best you can do is teach people not to act on their desires.

pedophiles should receive treatment for that instead

In a world where many people cannot afford basic healthcare or – if they can afford it – where healthcare isn’t available in the required quantity, does your argument still hold?

the treatment is daily merciless beatings