EF I never said anything about chopping off hands for thieving.
I think that abusing a child is unforgivable by society (for the individuals involved it may be..) Paedophiles are not in the same class as thieves.
If someone abused my kids I'd tear them apart (of course I'd get the bigger sentence but there we go) I'm sure paedophiles are quite happy that we don't chop bits off them and they can happily roam around looking for more lives to destroy. No amount of nice debate will ever change my mind on this one. I don't think jail covers the severity of the crime.
As a side point neutering society rather than the p. criminal seems to be a disaster waiting to happen. While I enjoyed the film 'Demolition Man' I wouldn't like to see a society that is unable to issue harsh penalties for terrible crimes.
I also don't agree with the often repeated condescension about society in the past - 'oh we've moved on since those days' just smacks of lazy pride in our society IMHO - I like some of the things we've achieved but I also think we've lost many things our ancestors got right (no I'm not going to list thigs in some 'we're better than them' discussion.)
The Laws We Need To Pass to Properly Punish Child Abuse --Marci Hamilton
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..last point I just reread your post EF and I just couldn't help but stop at the point where you said you would do no harm..
would you abort a baby? Many doctors do and that is NOT doing no harm... the medical profession has to make very difficult decisions but its not good enough to claim a mantra. I visit hospitals regularly where people are kept alive by machines well past their natural end - losing all dignity. I don't support euthansia but I do support letting people die as pain free as possible rather than preserving life in this crude fashion.
Th ewhole point about law is that their must be a consequnce - a judgment a price to be paid. Its far too weak an arguement to say that catration is pointless because they'd all go internet shopping. Some mught but even if a % of paedophiles never commit the crime because of the penalty then thats good enough for me. Every saved kid is worth it. -
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** No amount of nice debate will ever change my mind on this one.
You don't care whether castration is effective or not...it's vengence served for you. "Revenge is a dish best served cold."
I would not be so bold as to say what a child abuse victim must feel. If one of them would care to enlighten us then thank you, but I do not expect an answer as they have suffered enough first hand and this is a "clinical" excercise at this point for you and I Q. "Would you feel justice was served better if your purpetrator was castrated?"
**I'm sure paedophiles are quite happy that we don't chop bits off them and they can happily roam around looking for more lives to destroy.
Q...it's not a point of castration or nothing. It's jail time....and jail time for a child molestor in this country isn't pleasant from what I understand. Other prisioners have a special place in hell for them. In fact the guys that have been castrated have actually been allowed out of prison SOONER. And paroles LIFTED because of this option.
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I feel no sympathy for adults who molest children. If someone harmed my nephews or children, there would be nothing left to find of said perpetrator.
That said, I do not feel that making yet more laws and surrendering more power and control to the government is the solution. I do not trust our leaders to act wisely in the interest of us all.
The political climate in this country is getting too close to religion for my comfort. You can crap on that statement all you want. As a member of a minority that the Xian Rite hates, the potential makes my blood cold. In the minds of most Xian Fundamentalists, Homosexuality and Pedophiles are indistinguishable. If an act is passed for this issue that has the scope or depth of the so called "Patriot Act", then this act WILL be used to contain, possibly exterminate a whole population of "undesirables".