X-philes?

Just reading a book and came across the term 'Francophile', which got me wondering…

The 'phile' is attached to so many positive words — bibliophile, f'rinstance — and not necessarily in a sensible way. X-philes, is another example. But then you have paedophiles — a different kettle of fish entirely, and not nearly as positive.

So, I did a quick Google to find out if 'phile' really means you want to fuck things. Is a Francophile a person who can only shag French people? Is a bibliophile a person who only shags books? Is an X-phile a person who only shags themselves?

According to Wikipedia: Aristotle defines the activity involved in philia (τὸ φιλεῖn) as: "wanting for someone what one thinks good, for his sake and not for one's own, and being inclined, so far as one can, to do such things for him" (1380b36–1381a2)

That wouldn't seem to include the molesting of kiddies.

Interestingly, when I looked up peadophilia on Wiki, I was told: Research into the etiology of pedophilia has been confounded by imprecise use of the term "pedophile" to describe those accused or convicted of child sexual abuse under sociolegal definitions of "child" (inclusive of both prepubescent children and adolescents younger than the local age of consent), rather than the correct usage that describes adult sexual attraction specifically to biological children.

So, there you go… You're only a paedo if you fancy your own kids.

I was also interested to note that a 'pedophile' is someone who loves the ground, which I'm sure causes some confusion in the U.S., where there's no distinction in the pronunciation. Imagine:
"Gee, that John Paul 2 is a real pedophile!"
"What're you talking about, he's the Pope?!"
"Yeah, but lookit him kissin' the ground like that!"