We Don’t Pick Our Prisons

I know you’re trying to be a reflective horny ape and I respect that. You’re one of the smartest hairless apes on this site. Not rickdugan smart, but still pretty close.

However, any adult cat that would abuse a little cub deserves treatment worse than a zebra. Such are the sacred beliefs of the council! ROAR!!!

“hairless ape!?!”

I’ll have you know that I have more hair on my ass than Phil Spector had on his head on the day of his infamous “wall of hair” court appearance!

tuscl.net

Nice weepy way of saying we all have challenges. But at the end of the day, the "why" really doesn't matter. In a civilized society focused on protecting children from the life long sex abuse trauma, there is little room for sympathy for pedophiles. If someone studies the issue and can find a solution then we would all be happier, but in the meantime there are no easy answers for the problem and, worse, the recidivism rate for pedophiles who have already acted on their urges is extremely high.

If I was King Richard for a day, I would have every convicted pedophile surgically castrated. This would serve the dual purposes of virtually eliminating recidivist behavior and serve as an even greater deterrent for those who are trying to control their urges.

I agree that children must be protected at all costs and that the hapless plight of pedophiles is no excuse for minimizing the risk they pose.

My only point here is “there, but for the grace of a god I don’t believe in, go I.”

I once read a Dan Savage (sex, relationship advice columnist) column about a fellow tortured by his desires for the way too young. He knew it was wrong, had never acted on his desires, yet knew he likely would never be free from them. Was asking about therapy, chemical castration, whatever might help.

Twas a sad story for sure. He knew he would be in this prison forever.

gSteph,,

You got it!

That was my sole point ...what an awful predicament to be in!

Most people who sexually abuse children were abused themselves as children. Until the chain is broken, unfortunately it will never end.

Who knows how much of it is nature vs nurture - I often think many that abnormally act out sexually have had some kinda trauma early on in life.

Please don’t take what I’m about to write as a justification for the sexual abuse of children. I have an old friend who lives alone and has a multitude of health problems and a few years ago was hospitalized for a lengthy stay. Thinking he was coming home in a wheelchair, he asked if I’d move furniture and tidy things up. I first found a child manikin with quite a few dresses and underwear for a young girl. I then found some kiddie porn ( mostly European 8 mm) and Swedish magazines with pictures of naked children. Then a handwritten account of the molestation of an 8 year old that he had written more than 30 years earlier describing an incident in Europe. I called him and said I was throwing out the manikin and the child porn. After he was at home I confronted him about the letter/novella. He was embarrassed but claimed it was all fiction. He was just trying to describe the feeling. I have no way to check on it and he is now paralyzed from the waist down so doesn’t present a danger to others. As the tv show asks, “What would you do?” I’ve just backed away from this strange situation.

Okay, we’re now all convinced that child molesters are scum and we’re undecided if they should be castrated or incarcerated. Why then was a 15 year old girl found dancing at Cheater’s in Providence and not a single customer had called 911? Why are many 15 to 17 year old hookers the top earners? How many of us can tell the difference between a mature 16 year old and a “young looking” 20 year old. I was a regular at a club where one of the more popular dancers frequently wore her “schoolgirl” outfit, could pass for 15 when she was 26, had smaller breasts than I, and was a top earner more often than not? IMHO this is a topic where many need to give a great deal of introspection. As the age of onset of puberty is dropping, when many middle school students are “experimenting”, when sex education is a factor in a dramatic drop in teen pregnancy rates, more & more high school students have had sex, what’s it all mean for pathetic losers?

Gawker,

Excellent points.