There's no reason to persecute a non-offending individual. Do you want 1984 style thought police? Because that's how you get 1984 style thought police.
I agree for another reason as well, some of these with confused thinking are this way because they've been abused. A death penalty threat hanging over their heads will assure that many of them will take strong measures to keep their thoughts reigned in.
People can't keep their thoughts reigned in. The conscious mind just acts as another sense for the lower brain to use. What will happen is that, with the threat of a death penalty, these people will hide instead of seeking treatment, allowing their condition to fester until they are desperate for an outlet and then--guess what happens?
I might see your point if there were actually any data to base a judgement upon. Without data, no substantive conclusion can be made, so clearly the only way to, as a reasonable person, properly handle this is to test until sufficient data is available to reach an informed conclusion.
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rodental ago
Really hope he follows through, and that he means all pedophiles and not just child molesters.
parcelsus ago
There's no reason to persecute a non-offending individual. Do you want 1984 style thought police? Because that's how you get 1984 style thought police.
SecureYourSeats ago
I agree for another reason as well, some of these with confused thinking are this way because they've been abused. A death penalty threat hanging over their heads will assure that many of them will take strong measures to keep their thoughts reigned in.
parcelsus ago
People can't keep their thoughts reigned in. The conscious mind just acts as another sense for the lower brain to use. What will happen is that, with the threat of a death penalty, these people will hide instead of seeking treatment, allowing their condition to fester until they are desperate for an outlet and then--guess what happens?
SecureYourSeats ago
I might agree with you if I had any evidence that there was any hope in "treatment". I think the fear of death may be more effective.
parcelsus ago
I might see your point if there were actually any data to base a judgement upon. Without data, no substantive conclusion can be made, so clearly the only way to, as a reasonable person, properly handle this is to test until sufficient data is available to reach an informed conclusion.