Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube
There's no doubt that pedophiles are sick. The question is whether or not they deserve treatment.
If the person is sick, and if the sickness is what caused a reaction that led him to commit a criminal act, then there's no doubt he's inimputable, therefore stands without guilt (a great "hole" in the concept of the "rabid dog"), the question of treatment refers always to the danger grade in wich this subject falls, but if it's a criminal act then you can be sure that he'll receive. Saying otherwise is illogical.
But my point is that pedofilia is not a necessary nor sufficient condition to be "sick". To me, then, pedophiles, if they commited a criminal act, then should be treated in principle as everyone, psicologic evaluations should be done case by case.