> if >1% of people out there wanted to fuck 4 year olds, I'd probably try to nuke the planet from orbit Er, you should be wary in nuking only people who've don

> if >1% of people out there wanted to fuck 4 year olds, I'd probably try to nuke the planet from orbit Er, you should be wary in nuking only people who've done the crimes, not just those who 'want' to (even if it's something like child porn). That aside, I'm a big fan of the philosophy that if X causes Y, and Y is something really bad, don't treat Y, do something with X. So, if you have a pattern of priests abusing kids, maybe we should focus on more underlying problems: coerce the church to nullify the moronic rules that prohibit priests from marrying women... and let them live as normal humans live with normal human urges. I know pedophilia strikes a certain chord for people... but everyone deserves justice and dignity, even criminals. The first focus shouldn't be on punishment for the sake of punishment, it should be an action intended to curb future occurrences by studying what causes the bad behavior and indeed tending to those underlying causes.