100 year old pedophile released from prison.

[Cainkane1]

Prozac does that.

 

[Ryokan]

I've heard many references to 'chemical castration' before but I don't know what it is. What does it do? Does it remove, completely, one's sex drive? Is it permanent, or does it require an injection every few months?

Ask Alan Turing.

 

[Carnivore]

Well, why not? If you have not other choice in the matter you might as well commit to the path that's been laid out for you.

This quote bothered me as well. I don't believe in evil. It doesn't exist. It was created to give "good" something to do battle with. The truth is that there is healthy or appropriate behavior and there is unhealthy or inappropriate behavior. I'm not against punishment like chemical castration and I believe that whatever legal steps are necessary to keep this guy locked up or closely supervised until his death is completely appropriate but demonizing medical disorders, no matter how abhorrent we might find them, doesn't help anyone.

His medical conditions, if any, and his sexual orientation don't make him evil. His decision to keep acting on his desires to the extreme detriment of children makes him evil.

At any given moment he - like most sex offenders- will refrain from committing his crimes if he thinks he would be caught then and there. His compulsion is not such, for instance, that he would molest children in front of uniformed police officers. Therefore at any given moment he has the choice as to whether or not to commit a crime. That he so chooses every time he thinks he can get away with it is entirely his responsibility, no matter how strong his desire.

To say he has no choice is wrong, and puts his crimes into the same category as lightning strikes, for which no one bears any responsibility.

Cainkane1 raised an interesting point about peadophiles who refrain from committing the crimes that would give them sexual fulfillment. Thinking about it, It seems likely that some such individuals exist and choose celibacy or a relationship that doesn't provide what they truly desire. If these people do exist, giving Sypnier a free pass on moral responsibility seems unwarranted. (No, I don't know how you would establish that non-criminal padophiles exist.)

 

[INRM]

Almo,

Well, I personally think each sex offender convicted should have to undergo an individual risk assessment. If deemed to be a danger, they register, if not they don't.

 

[Damien Evans]

There's been a TV show based on his exploits for years. He's really not that much of a threat.

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That is exactly the image I had in mind when I clicked on the thread.

 

[Ducky]

Good news everybody! I've invented a machine in which you read about 100 year old pedophiles while hearing my voice in your head!

 

[Moochie]

There's been a TV show based on his exploits for years. He's really not that much of a threat.

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You beat me to it -- I thought of Mr. Herbert straight away. But then he seems to have an infatuation for Chris Griffin, so I don't think he'd be a threat to anyone else. Can never be sure, though.


M.

 

[Moochie]

Prozac does that.

I've found that to be the case with 5 or 6 of the top-selling antidepressants. You take them, and then you need an antidepressant for the antidepressant. They're all seriously lacking in efficacy, IMO.


M.