05-15-2006, 01:22 PM
Mithrandir,May 14 2006, 10:32 PM Wrote:It is "stupid or naive" to state that rehabilitation is possible for pedophiles? Apparently the ~20 studies I just googled disagree with you. Is rehabilitation 100% effective? Of course not, but nothing is.On your first point, amen. Sentence served, leave them alone. Or, execute them as a sentence. (That was not meant as a deraliment into death penalty discussion. Let's please not go there.) At root, this is not equal protection under the law, as some criminals' service of sentence is now significantly more unequal than others. It is as stupid as mandatory sentencing guidelines and "Three strikes you are out" foolishness.
I must say that I am quite impressed how much everyone loves Hammurabi around here. I thought that human beings had pretty much decided that his Code didn't actually work all that well a couple thousand years ago, but whatever.
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On your second point, you might want to wander away from the confines of the Tower of Pachyderm Tusks. Most human beings still consider "justice" to include payback. A small portion do not. They have gotten their idea out rather widely. That doesn't mean most human beings buy it, all it means is that someone is selling it. ;)
The Bob Dylan lyric about Justice being a game fits here, albeit completely out of context regarding the song's topic.
Occhi
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete