My instant gut reaction to anyone who abuses a child or an animal is : let me offer
guidance for his head through
a noose , and let the rope
support him while he last kicks ..
However ,
Even in totalitarian regimes , child abuse of all kind is still rampant. If anything it might be even more pervasive.
All the existential frustrations and upset are always taken out on the weakest , on those who have no voice.
The difference is , that in totalitarian regimes no one hears about these abuses , as the propaganda machine is
so effective and so ingrained , that 'bad news' simply do not make it to the headlines. You , me , and even their own
citizens simply do not know about it.
Do you think there's no child abuse in N Korea !? Or in China ? China has executed more persons in each of the last years
than any other country , and yet there's been a spate of knife attacks on preschools , dozens of little children killed ; and
on train commuters , etc. Clearly the threat of summary execution is
not a repellant to heinous crimes.
Let
that sink in -- to sarcastically borrow a phrase from another.
With all my pertinent education and experience , pedophiles simply cannot be reformed.
Imo pedophila is simply the attraction and a sexdrive that is directed at the wrong segment of society.
Up until the not too distant past , homosexuality was regarded a mental illness. Now we now that for the most part it is innate.
This argument does
not excuse
pedophiliac behavior (!) , it is simply an effort to try to explain the mechanism.
: Think of your own sexdrive : you are attracted to women / men , yes ? Can you change that at will ?
How about if someone told you that from today on it is wrong , it is against the law illegal to follow through on your
sex drive / sexual attraction ?
Effectively this would mean lifelong celibacy. Could you , would you do it ?
As a decent human being if you understood that your actions would be hurtful and damaging to the other party ,
you
would refrain. Clearly not every person is a decent human being , but I am convinced that there are
many many pedophiles out there who do
not offend. I'm sure it must be a lifelong struggle.
The though is repulsive , the act is inexcusable. But I do not think the thought and desire can be eradicated.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia
Imo mandatory 24/7 monitoring of all convicted pedophiles would be the most effective method in preventing further
assaults , crimes against children. Monitoring the school in the neighborhood (where the offender was seen leering in
windows) is simplistic and non-effective. While the nice gardai are keeping an eye on
the school , the offender
can just mosy on over to another area or other town , and do his misdeeds.
Monitoring of the offender (!) is the key.
Further , I feel that pedophiles who willingly come forward to the police or social services
before committing a
crime should be given all the social psychological support possible , in order to avoid them becoming an offender.
This might mean intense extensive counseling , perhaps housing assistance where they could be moved to a
neighborhood without schools etc.
So : two pronged prescription -- constant monitoring and zero tolerance of those who have offended , and full-on
social support of those who are decent enough to struggle against their desires and who aim to
not abuse.
Nothing else will work imo. You can hang one high , it will not deter the next.
Also , if there was open acknowledgement of this condition as a disease , the secrecy surrounding it might diminish ,
pre-offenders might be more willing to come forward.
And
then of course there are still medical options of chemical castrations for those willing . ( an unwilling individual
who is subjected to chemical castration has many ways about it to counter the effects of the hormones injected ,
thereby nullifying its effects. In individuals who
have offended , and have no clear intent to modify their behavior ,
only physical castration might show any result. Then they might turn into murderers if left to their own devices. )
This my humble opinion x