From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of W. Guy Finley
Umm, no. Some things just aren't funny -- try going into an airport and joking about having a bomb and see how far your "I was just joking!" excuse gets while you're being cuffed and hauled to jail. "Joking" that you are a pedophile is no different in my mind.
In this case, he may have been serious. The guy identifies as "16-ish". Isn't he allowed to have feelings for others of a similar age? Describing himself as a "paedophile" might have been unwise, but not necessarily anything we should run around being headless chickens over.
Pete, acting like a grown-up