Put that fact in the "weird ironies of life" category. I have always been drawn to people older, not younger, than I. Sexually and platonically, I'm always into the older people. I like to feel like the youngest person in the room. Aside from Xrage (and Sonic, if he ever returns), I may be the youngest person on the Tree. All my previous partners were older, some significantly so. During the brief period R. and I were broken up, I dated a 50-year-old. Her age wasn't the reason it didn't work out.

I don't even like the teen look, to be frank. Get some hose and makeup on, teenyboppers! Lose the tank-tops and those infantile piercings!!

So no, I don't think I know much about Michael Jackson's, or any pedophile's, feelings. I also don't know what it's like to be sexually aroused with a male of any age. I do know what it's like to perform for one, but I don't know what it's like to honestly enjoy it. So no, actually, I'm a complete dud on this issue.

BUT . . . It's a common statistic that most homosexual males, of any age, prefer "oral rather than anal." That's just basic. Only heterosexual men think somebody has to get fucked for sex to occur. (Pretty difficult to imagine Michael Jackson mounting anyone, isn't it?)

One of my friends arranged with a mother for the rape of her 14 year old daughter. Money and luxury travel were involved.

Did you remain friends with this person? (If so, how much did you get for your soul??)

Like I said, I've known some shitty characters. But I can also say I stopped hanging out with them when I realized what scumbags they were.

Anyway . . . Thanks for the informative post. All we ever learn hear about pedophiles in the U.S. is what lawmakers, doctors, and the families of their victims say. Your inside perspective is valuable here.