reply to post by 27jd
That's the thing, it probably won't stop this sort of thing from happening. Since the beginning of time there have been those who have done these
sorts of things. Whatever society, whatever era, there are those outcasts. So what makes you so sure torture/execution would work here? Obviously the
death penalty does not stop people from murdering one another.
Anger from parents and those who imagine their own being taken advantage of by this man is understood. But in what way does the perpetrators
destruction fix the problem? What, if anything, can be done to prevent such acts? I do not believe what most are calling for would stop another
pedophile from doing such things.
Yeah, rehabilitation has so far been proven a load of bs. I am not advocating that. I want to question the groupthink that always happens in these
sort of social issue threads. How do we, as people living in a civil society, deal with those that show a depravity for that which we consider dear.
Would torture make you feel "good"?
As other posters alluded to, there must be something that those calling for extreme responses look for in their solutions, even if they are futile in
preventing future problems.
I expect a fair amount of criticism from our resident torture advocates, but I hope the fire is directed towards my arguments and questions, not to
myself.
