thought crimes

I think the government SHOULD be allowed to regulate in cases of "thought crimes". I think that as a government they have the right to protect it's people. Although these people aren't necessarily acting on their thoughts, these thoughts can be overly inappropriate or jeopardize the safety of the country. For example, if a person is writing a book about how to be a pedophile, people might use this information to BE a pedophile, which is extremely disgusting and illegal. I don't think that even though the writer isn't a pedophile and he is just having these thoughts that he should be able to write about it. I think the government has a right and a responsibility to protect it's citizen from these peoples' thoughts because they can cause disregard for rules and order. I don't think that the government should have a limit per say because they will only use force when they believe it is truly necessarily.