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Originally posted by Lauren
I don't know, my mind changes.
Chopping their balls off/locking them up/killing them, just for their thoughts it's unrealistic. How can we prove they were thinking that? We can't be the thought-police.
Which leads me to this... is paedophilia voluntary or involuntary? I can't tell, it's meant to be treated the same way an (involuntary) fetish is treated, suggesting that it's just a sexual preference rather than purposeful thoughts. If this is the case, then obviously rehabilitation is not going to work.
As far as I know, they never try to "rehabilitate" as such, but they do try to quash the thoughts to the point where they're not led into temptation.
I guess we all need to remember that being a paedophile doesn't lead someone into abusing someone. I know I find it hard to remember when I hear about someone preying or something.
If, however, we're talking about a convicted paedophile - i.e. one that HAS abused or acted on their feelings - then they're obviously not capable/willing to quash their thoughts in order to live by societies moralistic rules and therefore should be punished accordingly.
Which then leads to the question; who decides what is "right" and "wrong"? Is paedophilia different to having a foot fetish, or bondage fetish etc. Those are accepted, yet the sexual preference (not abuse, just thoughts) is counted as wrong and not accepted.
(That being said, I'm a hypocrite in this respect, in that if I hear a story about a paedophile being let out early after successful rehabilitation I still throw around the tabloid-esque "lock him back up!" thing).
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Im talking about convicted Paedophiles who have abused and research has shown that most will continue to abuse given the opportunity. We dont have tight enough control over persistent offenders in the community so keep them away from society I say. and it shouldnt be treated in the same way as a fetish because its not consenting adults and children grow up to be completely ****ed up beacause of whats happened to them and some become abusers themselves. Although most only end up abusing themselves.
I have worked with two lovely young women with so much potential who have killed themselves because of what happened to them. One of them was a serious self harmer, she used to cut herself so deep she severed tendons damged nerves alsorts. Thats the damage thats left behind