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Originally Posted by Graham
So I decide to have an evening off from forums and play some Shogun: Total War, and when I come back, I find I've missed a thread like this 
Some comments:
Firstly, as always, the threat to children from strangers is exaggerated, an abuser is much more likely to be a close family member/ friend/ trusted adult.
Secondly, there's more older straight guys out there pretending to be young boys (or girls) cruising for young girls than alleged "predatory gays".
Thirdly, as has been pointed out already, there is a definite element of parental responsibility. If your child said "It's 9pm I'm going to the local park to chat to anyone I meet there", any responsible parent would say "no way!", but they seem happy to let kids chat on the net without supervision, not realising it's a gateway to the whole world. They should either keep an eye on them or talk to them about what happens.
Fourthly, being gay doesn't mean you're automatically a paedophile or interested in "seducing" or "corrupting" young boys. Making prejudiced judgements like this says more about the speaker.
Finally: EDUCATE YOUR CHILDREN! I keep saying this and maybe, someday, people will take notice. TELL them about sex, ALL of it, not just the bits that you "approve of", treat them as adults and they're more likely to be behave in an adult way.
If you lie to them or suppress information they need, they'll find out one way or another and their attitude is going to be "well if they don't trust me, why should I bother listening to them?"
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I agree!
Especially your first point, the majority of abusers are known to the family. family themselves, step fathers, family friends and the trusted adults. It appears that many would be abusers place themselves in contact with groups of children, unfortuately it has given many organisations a bad name/stigma attached. I,m sure we have all read stories about adults involved in Scouts, Cubs, Boys Clubs, Church groups and taking jobs in schools etc, just to surround themselves with opportunities.
It's a subject that I gave a lot of thought to earlier this year, when my nasty ex-girlfriend made a comment with absolutely no grounds to me about such a thing. She said I could be like that! I can only think she either said it to be nasty or thought it because I am not married and live on my own.
People who know me said "what rubbish" or 'you don't even like kids"
Do you think I'm right about them always surrounding themselves with children?
I understand that paedophiles generally have difficulty distinguishing between children and adults, they see children as small adults.
I have generally stayed away from these sort of discussions, because I always thought I didn't have any valid views because I have no children.
I must admit her disgusting remarks have made me more inclined to make my point on the matter.
Perverts should be castrated!
