If there is such a thing as a "victimless crime", cartoon pornography is exactly that. And the idea that pedophiles who like kiddie porn will end up as child molesters is about as ridiculous as the idea that normal people who like normal porn will end up as rapists. Or the idea that listening to violent music or watching violent movies will make people more violent.

As far as children's consent, there are two ways to see this. One is that a child is not fully developed, emotionally, physically, or mentally, and thus cannot give adequate consent. Whereas rapes of adults must usually be accompanied by force and violence, rapes of children are usually accomplished with trust and coercion. Therefore, children can be convinced to do things that rationally-thinking adults would know better than to do.

On the other hand, it used to be said that anybody with an attraction to somebody of the same sex, or to a person of a specific color, must not be mentally capable of making those decisions. A few thousand years ago, pubescent children would be considered young adults.

One question that I've never had answered, however ... is something I'll ask here. And I'd honestly like an answer to it -- last time I asked it (to a different crowd), I was told by some people that there is no difference between any "preference", and by others that I was a hateful homophobe for even insinuating that there was any similarities between them. So here's the question.

What is the difference between pedophilia, homosexuality, zoophilia, and necrophilia?

Keep in mind, I am NOT asking the difference between child molestation, homosexual sex, bestiality, and ... sex with corpses. This question does not concern the actions, but merely the desire and attraction.