re: so-called "dormant pedophile"
Pedophilia is unacceptable.
Furthermore, I view it as distasteful that anybody would attempt to misdirect societal condemnation of pedophilia, attempting to elicit sympathy by linking this abhorrent behaviour to PTSD
(i.e. it also irks me, inasmuch as this can also be perceived as innuendo simply by mentioned pedophilia and PTSD in the same sentence - pedophilia is despicalble. PTSD is in no way a crime against society, but rather an "injury" sustained by a human being).
As to "dormant", I suspect it's the philosophical argument that everybody is a "dormant murderer"
(i.e. except that some are able to control their urges).
Yes, theoretically, every human being is capable of various physical acts.
Whether or not they act them out is another thing.
Similarly, everybody has "dormant PTSD" - whether or not "it gets to them" is simply a factor of time, intensity, circumstances, and most of all - support from peers.
And while we're on the topic of criminals who dream of or actually commit sexual acts with children, let's get something else straight: Pedophilia and sexual assault are two different things.
Catching a pedophile before he or she commits sexual assault is preferable to afterwards.
And, if anybody ever harms my five-year-old son, I've been in the Army during four decades but no amount of military discipline will be able to prevent me from hunting down the animal and neutralising him or her (and, no - I wouldn't necessarily render them permanently "dormant" - it would actually be more fitting justice to introduce a pedophile to the "general population" in our penitentiaries ... so they can personally and repeatedly experience the terror they themselves inflicted upon another human being - one of the few arguments I'll ever accept when debating the death penalty is that "hanging is too good for certain crimes" as oppose to continued, unrelenting, excruciating punishment).
Ever wonder why this particular crime evokes such fierce reactions from soldiers?
Because it's our sworn duty to defend innocents.
Killing the enemy is sometimes a necessary evil - pedophilia is pure evil.
And now, I'm going to go enjoy the rest of the weekend with my beautiful son.