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Originally Posted by photon
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....
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Sorry but I see the decisions being made by a homosexual (and for the record I do not believe homosexualism is a choice) and a pedophile as vastly different. One is simply satisfying urges with people of the same mind for lack of a better term, while the other is satisfying urges that can and do destroy lives of others incapable of protecting themselves.
As for victims of sexual abuse becoming predators themselves, I realise the odds are greater of that happening. Now what would the odds be of the original offender creating more potential offenders by permanently and irrevocably removing them from our existence? How would the odds of the victim becoming an offender be affected if, along with extensive, and comprehensive couselling and therapy, they knew their predator suffered far greater pain and torture than even they could imagine as a result of their actions? Would they no longer see becoming a predator themselves as a way of coming to terms with their assault? It's a worthwhile experiment in my opinion.