That’s the issue here though. Is it really a hobby if he only has 14 of those pictures on his PC? A real pedophile would make a “hobby” of it and have hundreds if not thousands of those photos on his PC.
Who knows why he kept the 14 pictures of kiddie porn on his computer and why he volunteered the information to the Police Dept. My guess is that he thought it was no big deal and that he wasn’t really into that perversion .
I think some of the people who've been busted downloading this stuff aren't necessarily perverts, they just let curiosity get the best of them.
Here's a scary scenario:
Teenage boy #1 downloads some child porn pictures from Limewire onto teenage boy #2's computer.
Teenage Boy #2: "That's messed up! That's sick!"
Teenage boy #1 downloads a few more pics. Both boys agree that what they're looking at is pretty disgusting and wrong. Curiosity sated, they leave the computer and return to Playstation.
A couple months later...
Teenage Boy #2: "Dad. The computer is messed up. Can you take it to Best Buy and have them fix it?"
Dad: "Sure. I'll drop it off tomorrow on my way to work."
The next day dad drops off a computer that contains, unbeknownst to him, several illegal images of child pornography downloaded by a friend of his son's.
The following morning, the police pay dad a visit and dad leaves in handcuffs while the neighbors stand outside and watch.
Dad tells the police, "I don't know how that stuff got there." The police reply, "Yeah, that's what they all say."