And surprisingly enough, no. This is not about Chris Hansen. Although the topic nature would seem pretty close...


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20263135/?GT1=10252

LOS ANGELES - A man who blogs about his attraction to young girls but says he doesn’t touch them was arrested Monday near a university child care facility with a camera, police said.

Jack McClellan, 45, who is unemployed and lives out of his car, was arrested at 1:40 p.m. at the University of California, Los Angeles, campus police said in a statement. He was arrested near the university’s Infant Development Program, which provides onsite care for children 3 months to 3 years old and serves faculty, students and staff, according to the university’s Web site.

McClellan violated a restraining order requiring him not to loiter or congregate within 30 feet of minors, police alleged. He was released and scheduled to appear in court Sept. 13.

Phone and e-mail messages seeking comment from McClellan were not immediately returned.

Web site taken down
McClellan created waves in Southern California upon arriving earlier this summer from Washington state, where he had lived with his parents.

For years, McClellan maintained a Web site in Washington where he posted photos of children he had taken in public places. He also discussed how he liked to stake out parks, public libraries, fast-food restaurants and other areas where little girls, or “LGs,” congregate.

McClellan’s server took his Web site down over a month ago. He said in an interview a few weeks ago that he wasn’t sure whether he would try to put it back up.

McClellan, who said he lives on supplemental security income and suffers from depression, has maintained that he launched the site as a form of therapy and wouldn’t do anything illegal.

As for my opinion on this? As ill as it may seem, I think I feel a little sorry for this guy, given what he has said is honest...

Of course, the whole pictures and giving tips to others on how to meet young girls is going to seem rather suspicious - and the contradictory statement of saying, "Hey, I'm a pedophile," and then, "No, it's not like that. I don't even want to think about harming a girl," right next to each other in the same interview would get a large amount of raised eyebrows from the audience.

But before you start to ask, "Why would you feel sorry for him," let me say that I've seen cases like this before; where one will state that pedophilia is actually just being around children and care for them and make them happy in order to make one self feel satisfied. I'm not too sure if it's just an excuse created for their defense, or if people such as McClellan are truly lonely and as a result are confused by the definition. Pull out any dictionary and look up pedophilia. What do you see? It's a noun that is "The act or fantasy on the part of an adult of engaging in sexual activity with a child or children."

Although the thought may seem weird, I think that if the court appearance fails to prove anything specific, let him go, but make sure his actions are moderately supervised just in case. Personally I wish I could tell him that if you're so lonely, stop complaining and adopt a girl, although supervision would be necessary were that to happen.