Sit 100 people down in front of a button that will detonate a nuclear weapon in a major city on the other side of the world (where no one they know lives). Tell them to decide whether to push the button or not.
If you understand human psychology, I hope you understand how there is an excellent chance at least one person would push the button. Possibly 5 would. Possibly more. Simply because the opportunity is presented to them on a silver platter.
Does that mean those people are actively seeking out how to detonate a nuclear weapon? No, of course not. Should we actively seek out people with such "inclinations" and deal with them preemptively?
If you say we should, what happens when your particular mental tic is deemed a danger to society? Who deems what is a danger? Are you so sure you are entirely safe? So were many people in societies of ages past, under Mao, Stalin, Hitler, etc.
Your counterfactual is inapplicable. We're not talking about people who just stumbled over an opportunity one day. We're talking about people who went looking, and many of whom employed strong opsec in so doing. That doesn't happen by accident.
Its quite easy to stumble upon dodgy search results without trying. Watersports for example often comes up with search results that are nothing to do with what I am looking for. Paddles.net used to be a spanking fetish site (I was looking for a kayak magazine when I discovered that).
An ex-collegue said he attended a talk where they explained that images are often hidden under layers in a word document. You may be unaware that you have illegal on your machine.
Again, we're not talking about something that happened by accident, or about sexual interests which are somewhat abstruse but entirely lawful to pursue. I'm not sure what you imagine it adds to the discussion to raise points that aren't germane to the matter at hand. But perhaps they are and I merely fail to see how. Perhaps you'll elucidate the connection.
If you understand human psychology, I hope you understand how there is an excellent chance at least one person would push the button. Possibly 5 would. Possibly more. Simply because the opportunity is presented to them on a silver platter.
Does that mean those people are actively seeking out how to detonate a nuclear weapon? No, of course not. Should we actively seek out people with such "inclinations" and deal with them preemptively?
If you say we should, what happens when your particular mental tic is deemed a danger to society? Who deems what is a danger? Are you so sure you are entirely safe? So were many people in societies of ages past, under Mao, Stalin, Hitler, etc.