TIL there is a tiny British colony in the Pacific with so many pedophiles that the no one under the age of 16 can go there without prior authorization

You are comparing the oppression of the those previously mentioned groups to how pedophiles are viewed/judged/treated?

I was merely using these groups as to demonstrate that society's views can indeed be manipulated. I was not drawing any comparison between the plights of individual groups.

As far the "plight" of the paedophile, it certainly does exist.

Firstly, you clearly do not realise the negative psychological consequences of feeling like you have no place in society, or living isolated hearing only bad things about people like yourself. Like it or not, this tends to drive people to seek help or tell others. And then...

The level of prejudice that exists in society allows for unjust arrests and convictions, I suppose very analogous to the treatment reported by African Americans, except possibly worse because the charges made relate to sexual crimes against children and can destroy lives. Until recently, there existed many online paedophile communities, where paedophiles could talk to others like themselves in a safe and entirely legal setting. As these communities took no steps to hide themselves, police forces around the world saw them as easy targets and raided the servers (This tended to be reported in the media as police "smashing paedophile rings".) Marching down the list of IP addresses, many members were arrested purely because their admitted sexual orientation cast them under suspicion. While a handful of these people were indeed convicted of serious sexual crimes against children, this certainly does not excuse the facts that 1. these people were convicted on absolutely no evidence of crime, bar police prejudice, and indeed a vast majority were released without charge 2. where no reasonable evidence came to light of crimes committed, people were charged anyway, presumably on the basis that an admitted paedophile stands a good chance of conviction, even if the evidence is in their favour. (Indeed, I know for certain that one conviction was overturned when appeal judges reviewed the images and ruled that there was never a case to answer as images found on the defendant's computer simply were not child porn.)

I also have a personal anecdote. When I was at school, a boy outed himself as a paedophile. School staff got wind of this. He was subsequently banned from accessing any area of the school accessible by any pupils under 16, and letters were sent to parents outlining the situation. He was later arrested in the abovementioned raids and, despite being released without charge, hospitalised on mental health grounds.

Is any of this this acceptable? I personally don't think so. Sure, it's not being enslaved, but it's not plain sailing either.

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