I think people are viewing this wrong, pedophilla is a sexual fetish, not a crime itself. A crime however would be child molestation/rape/whatever. Pedophilla itself is quite simply, feeling sexually oriented to someone that is underaged (how underaged is up to you now).

Frankly, i feel people that use the dealth penalty or say they should die or *insert torture here* are no better off than anyone committing the crime(molestation/rape/etc...not pedophillia) themselves. I would sugguest maybe talking to the person to actually initiated on their fantasies, and maybe try to pinpoint the problem and help them out. However that does not mean they did not commit offense, but saying they need to die for that seems a bit harsh IMO. Some time under bars and maybe some psychological help to control their sexual desires so they wont harm a child.

Now the question i am wondering is, what if the child is consent and wants it? Sure the child might not know enough, but what if he/she said yes? and in the end the child and the adult had a real relationship that wasnt so bad off? Would that change anything? Of course this ignores legal actions taken upon the person but i am just presenting the case that, in the event the child is not mentally scarred, but actually had a real relationship that lasted through the years, would people view it any different than other relationships?

EDIT: Usunda- I wouldnt know about child having to participate or not, but from what i read when i was curious one time...a child even before puberty, CAN orgasm and the sort, however they will not produce any sperm or semen of the sort. I even went to some msg boards where people said they have done that stuff, but it was just a dry ejaculation and it has no difference to any of the orgasms that we feel when we have puberty(except of course its no longer a dry one).

What i am trying to say is, i aint sure if a child can participate or not, they obviously could to some degree if they are conscious to what they are doing (and i feel some are more than others...we give children too little credit sometimes).