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You are not going to get any objective, fact based argument, here or anywhere else because this is such an emotive issue. Attitudes towards child abusers are pr
by sevenless 10y ago
You are not going to get any objective, fact based argument, here or anywhere else because this is such an emotive issue. Attitudes towards child abusers are pretty close to attitudes towards religious heretics a few centuries ago. "Burn them at the stake" is the only acceptable answer to give in public, lest you be burned yourself. And I understand why that is. I had a family member who was abused as a kid, and I can't think of anything more despicable.
In a better world we'd concentrate on harm prevention: getting non-judgmental counseling and perhaps voluntary castration for men at risk of being child abusers. But that's not "Burn them at the stake", so it's not going to happen in our lifetimes.
The documentary "Pervert Park" is a great but harrowing watch, by the way.
- ikeboy 10y agoYou generally get decent objective arguments in the court rulings on these kinds of cases (I linked to several elsewhere in this thread).
- Fjolsvith 10y agoIs there any scientific evidence that castration affects a pedophile's attraction?
- sevenless 10y agoYes. For example see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21956411 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21956411