(13 Apr 2015, 6:30 pm)MrFozz wrote Good question Jimbo...
But I would say the context it is used in is to do with breaking the law...
Not really. Even if used in its usual sexual context, being a pervert doesn't necessitate the need to break the law.
Within the confines of this forum, no one is a pervert. Within a wider societial setting, we are all perverts.
It's interesting how one word can almost simultaneously rationalise, justify, denounce, and vilify our innocuous hobbies or habits. Don't you just love the English language?