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Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands
Let's say this creep hasn't chosen to be a pedophile, implying they are animal urges he can't control. What stops this guy from grabbing the first preschooler he sees at a playground and tearing her in half right there? He is human, not an animal, and realizes these urges are way below immoral, so he must resort to clandestine tactics to satisfy them. He is capable of controlling the urges until such time he thinks he isn't going to get caught. To me that sounds like choice.
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Very true, he chooses to cross that line of violating another person's rights at the most extreme level possible (like a rapist does).
But in the past people saw homosexuals at the same level, if killing offenders was acceptable then homosexuals would have been being killed.
I'm just saying I don't think killing off things that we haven't learned how to deal with yet is a good thing for a society to do, as a society I think it crosses a line.
You're attracted to women or men.. imagine having that same attraction all your life, except you can't ever act on it, ever. If anyone knew you had that attraction you'd be cast out at best and killed at worst. Sexuality is core to the human psyche, but you can't express that ever. What kind of effect would that have on your mind? Hopefully you'd choose to be celebate and just live with it.
Some (most? who knows) aren't and eventually give in and act out.
I don't know I just hope that some day we can actually help people who do these kinds of things rather than sticking them in prison and hoping they somehow work it out and don't reoffend....