What to do with child molesters?

**Crazed Rabbit** · 09-26-2005, 20:32

yesdachi, I'm not sure why he turned himself in either. It seemed like he was not a suspect. Whatcom County could do with less sex offenders.

Crazed Rabbit

**Kanamori** · 09-26-2005, 20:48

What to do with child molesters?

Oh , that didn't actually work did it .

Should child molesters and child rapists get the same punishment?

Along similar lines, is murder worse than child rape/child molestation?

Although child rape is certainly an awful thing, I do not know if murder is worse or not. One can be incredibly scarring -- I cannot even begin to imagine how terrible it must be -- but with the other the chance for life is lost entirely.

**Kanamori** · 09-26-2005, 20:50

Sexuality does not define a person, but it cannot be changed within a person. Bluntly, you like what you like.

I wonder if this has been supported by any studies, and to what degree (I would imagine sexual deviance in this area is a bit harder to track than, say, homosexuality).

**Goofball** · 09-26-2005, 21:01

Well. Like The Don, I also cannot reconcile myself to the death penalty. Unlike Signor Corleone, my disagreement with the death penalty comes not from religious/moral beliefs, but from my observation that our justice systems are extremely far from perfect, and I don't believe we can always be certain we are executing the right person.

Having said that, I also cannot buy into the public corporal punishment school of thought. It's just too barbaric and again, our legal systems are not surefire enough for me to be comfortable that we would be strapping the right guy into the stocks in the public square, then administering a torture that would leave his flesh shredded as he stood in pools of his own blood. And quite frankly, I would not want to be a part of a society that condoned such a thing.

What to do with child molesters?

Simple.

Lock 'em up. Forever. No chance of release, ever.

It shouldn't be about revenge. It should be about punishment, and keeping society safe.

Locking them up accomplishes both.

**Tribesman** · 09-26-2005, 20:54

And could we stop with the Church-bashing?
Why?
It is my church so I have every right to complain about its failings in dealing with clerical child abuse , failings that went on and on for years .

**Devastatin Dave** · 09-26-2005, 21:01

Originally Posted by Tribesman

And could we stop with the Church-bashing?
Why?
It is my church so I have every right to complain about its failings in dealing with clerical child abuse , failings that went on and on for years .

Yup, its only allowed to bash Christianity here.