Death For Child Molesters?

[Maitre]

That man will never have a normal life. Neither will any of the others. They have a disease of the mind, and there is no cure. They are sexually attracted to kids, and nothing can stop them from their desires.

It would be better for them to tie a millstone around their neck and throw themselves in to the sea.
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Two points:

1) sex offender lists can include lost of people who have not committed offenses against children, and some whose only crime landed them on the list (soliciting a prostitute forces you to register if I'm not mistaken, and I think peeping might as well). And I'm not sure about this, but it seems like the lists would not tell you what offences were committed, so before you go checking off your local list, make sure you feel that 1-time lonely folks deserve the same fate as the 4-time child rapists.

2) I want to make sure I'm not taking you too far out of context here, and I know that this will come off as an attempt to trap you on your position, but I do want to make sure I understand. When you say "they have a disease of the mind," are you condemning them to die because you find their specific disease reprehensible, or are you condemning them to death because they have a disease? I'm not trying to trap you into a line drawing discussion here, I just want to understand: my brother, at 23, lives at home with his mother and father, will never have a normal life, he is not likely to be hired becuase of his "disease of the mind which has no cure," very little can stop him from indulging in that which he disires, he recieves a monthly entitlement payment, and his healthcare is provided by Medicare.

I'm not sure why I'm so irked by this discussion, but I think it has to do with the way you phrased that last statement that hits a little too close to home.

edit: It occurs to me that the following clarifying statement may be warrented: my brother is not a sex offender. I purposely did not specify the root of his predicament because I want to know whether Doc's more concerned about a specific "disease" or "disease" in general.