It is a sexual orientation

I have been attracted to little girls since around my own entrance into puberty or slightly before, and I am more or less exclusive--not attracted to adults (with a handful of exceptions.) It is not an obsession, unless you consider ANY sexual orientation to be an obsession (in the sense that it puts a filter over how you view the world--a 'girl love' filter.) It is no more difficult for most of us to control the urges we feel for children than it is for most hets to control their urges or most gays to control theirs, etc., etc.

That said, it can seem like an obsession to outsiders, especially with people like Jack well-documented in the media and us such a visible presence. What you have to understand is that society has painted us into a corner and is constantly eroding our rights, as well as our sense of well-being and hope for the future. We have been forced through circumstances to become obsessed with fighting for our place in society, which is not the same thing as being obsessed with the girls themselves. We are battling on several fronts here: aside from the social and cultural fronts, this is also a political battle we are waging. Our enemies are many and vigilantism is the order of the day. You can understand, I think, why we need to be so vigilant.