Humanists of the world gather up!

But you also said you felt it should be deleted. (Which seemed a little odd to say the least. Oh well. )

Ooookay. So what exactly is your point? Not least since you can't delete threads since you're not a mod.

Can't say fairer than that.

Same 'ere.

He's just a stone cold killer!

But srsly, why would he want to delete the thread in the first place regardless of whether he will/can or not?? That's what I find... odd. *shrug*

Here is another opinion. I think all pedophiles should be executed.

While I appreciate the instinctive sentiments, I strongly disagree with putting them in practice.

It's true that of all sex-related offences, paedophila is the one in which recidivism is most rampant. At this point the conclusion is almost inescapable that paedophiles are untreatable.
However, there's been excellent progress made with "chemical castration", in which people with paedophilic tendencies can lead completely normal and fulfilling lives...except they have no sex drive whatsoever.

Even if that weren't the case, I'd still favour lifelong imprisonment over the death penalty.
But that is simply because death never is an acceptable form of punishment as far as I'm concerned.

Ah.
The old L'Accusation Est La Vérité argument.

The question is whether you have TENDENCIES or you put that into practice. I am just so vehement, because a very good friend of mine is a victim of one

and not only you, Steven

It is sad to see that out here such cases are popping up almost everyday. I cannot tell you how terrible it is when I open the morning newspaper and read "another minor raped". And worse thing is that people involved are actually authority figures like policemen and politicians. Once the matter gets out the usual sh!t starts, "we're looking into the matter, we've taken the accused into custody, blah blah", and then nothing happens, bribes happen behind backs and no justice to the victim whatsoever. The law needs serious enforcement.

Most of the unusual sexual tendencies are a result of mental/hormonal unstability and can often be treated with proper medication and the patient's will power. But for some reason I've not seen many such successful cases.

I doubt you can ever really 'treat' a sexual preference. You can certainly dull the effects with medications and therapy I'm sure, but I don't believe you could ever completely get rid of unwanted and unacceptable sexual preferences such as pedophilia. Perhaps in the future when technology could literally re-wire the brain, but for the moment it's stuff of imagination. Imagine if that kind of technology were to to be used in the wrong hands (I suppose you could argue what then are the right hands?)... you'd probably end up with a lot more Scientologists in this world!

That's very true, even the results are the evidence - it's hardly successful. The only means to control the crime is to reinforce the laws strongly, which is not happening in some places.

The Noida killings incident out here is the worst example. Anyone heard of it?

I think it's about the most hideous thing I heard ever. I won't go into too much detail but it involves a certain businessman and his servant, they were caught last year when about 50 child carcasses were recovered from the sewer under their house. Turned out they were not only pedo's but also necro's and cannibals who lured children into the house on pretext of giving candy and then commited all the above mentioned atrocities. So well, they were "arrested" by the police and apparently interrogated hard, but it turns out the man was simply being kept in some VIP shelter because he knew all those police officers well, even despite witnesses and forensic proof recovered from the house. Eventually they were given death by hanging but then their families began pleading and nothing has happened now. I heard they were even considering releasing them with just some fine. With this kind of law enforcement, no wonder such incidents are on the rise and the perpetrators are even more fearless. Terrible.