Proposals to execute pedophiles make headway in US

It sure seems to solve our problems in Iraq, might as well try it as a domestic policy too!

I would be inclined to believe that pedophilia is a mental condition, that should be treated through therapy, not "treated" through execution.

A phenomenally high percentage of pedophiles were themselves molested. So killing them is penalizing them for the failure of their families and communities to protect them.

A phenomenally high percentage of pedophiles were themselves molested. So killing them is penalizing them for the failure of their families and communities to protect them.

No, killing them would be the punishment for perpetuating the curse. Just because a person was abused doesn't give them the right to become an abuser. I know people that were abused but they didn't become abusers. So why can they do it and others can't? And no, the few that I know did not get therapy. People need to really start taking responsibility for their actions. This "I had a bad childhood" only goes so far. And yes, I do feel sorry for those that it happened to but that doesn't give them any right to do it to others. If anything, they know how it feels therefore they should make doubly sure it doesn't happen to their children.

I am not trying to be harsh. I do have a lot of sympathy for people that were abused. I volunteer at a dentention center where most of the kids there were abused in some way and I work with them to make sure they don't become abusers themselves. And my heart does go out to these children. I have to draw the line at using it as an excuse for unacceptable behavior. We all have a choice in life for what we become.

annasmum

I'm sorry. You are so right. We should not have any sympathy for choices people make based on their heritage, genetics and nurture. So I say, no more medical coverage of any sort for anyone whose parents had any disease that might be exacerbated by choices they make. Nevermind that they might be making choices at the point where they don't even realize they are choices, we all know people who have parents and grandparents with cancer, diabetes and heart disease who don't have it, so they must have chosen not to be ill. The rest of the people can just die.

Nevermind that they might be making choices at the point where they don't even realize they are choices

Having a disease and perpetuating a crime because it was done to you is like comparing appples and oranges. Cancer, diabetes, and heart disease are not the same as abuse. A person chooses to become an abuser. People can't choose to have cancer.

You can try to prevent a disease all you want but there are times when you can't help genetics. A person may be a victim of abuse, which is a horrible thing, but that doesn't mean that person have to become an abuser. The old addage, do unto others applies here. I am not saying they don't deserve thearpy but either way, just because it happened to them doesn't mean they can/should do it to others.

The assumption that pedophilia and histories of sexual abuse are linked is tenuous.

A psychiatric diagnosis of pedophilia merely indicates one's desires; not all pedophiles act on their urges and actually commit child sexual abuse. Plenty of sexual abuse of kids is committed by ordinary people not generally attracted to children.

I can list them on one hand: 1) fundamentalist.