re: ABC reporters warned not to call child sex abusers pedophiles

Sorry, this is still not making sense to me.

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The email sent by a senior producer told staff in the Tasmanian bureau to avoid the term paedophile even in cases where offenders had a long history of abusing children to avoid 'marginalising' anyone.
The justification used was advice from Tasmania's Sexual Assault Support Service (SASS), which told an ABC reporter that use of the word could stop abusers seeking treatment therefore making it more likely they'd continue offending

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What the frick does public discourse have to do with the inclination to commit pedophilia?

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The context for the advice from SASS was the death of alleged paedophile James Griffin, who committed suicide in October 2019 before he faced court on multiple child sex abuse charges, The Weekend Australian reported. 
James 'Jim' Geoffrey Griffin, 69, spent almost three decades grooming and abusing his young victims, and worked at the Launceston General Hospital children's ward from 2001.  
Griffin was finally charged with more than a dozen sexual offences against children as young as 11 in October last year.
Two weeks later Griffin died in hospital after taking a cocktail of dangerous drugs. A coroner found his suicide was motivated by the charges he was facing

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So it wasn't getting called a pedo that made him commit suicide, it was the shame of being caught and the certain knowledge that his life would be a living hell in prison.

In short

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What the frick is happening in this country

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Look at how stupid you are

Gays just wanted equal rights, not special rights.

OK

And the right to marry. Or are you a hater ?

Sure, what ever.

And men to be able to freely go into women's bathrooms and dressing rooms.

What?

And while we're at it, extend all these rights to pedos...


Now hold on here...

But don't call them ' pedos ', that's mean.