..and keep your fingers crossed that every single solitary conviction is 100% safe. Because once you have horrifically mutilated someone it's pretty permanent y'know. Also, is it even possible to castrate a female offender?Ahhhh, the old deterrent verses punishment debate. Using punishment as a deterrent will only work if the offender has a real sense that they will be caught. Most offenders do not consider the fact that they will be caught until the Boys in Blue tap them on the shoulder. Punishment as a deterrent works pretty well on children "if I see you doing that again I'll ground you". But once people hit adolescence they tend to think they're smarter than the rest of the world, and therein lies the problem. Look at the murder rate in America for example - a country with capital punishment. Let's face it, if a wooden chair with 40,000 volt upholstery doesn't deter people what would? It also leads to another VERY serious problem. If you're going to punish paedophiles with mutilation or death why would they not just get rid of the 'evidence'? In for a penny....
Most child abuse in the UK happens
within the family (or extended family). It's not some mysterious stranger in a mac lurking by the bushes at the park looking for a puppy. Children who are abused by a family member can often get extremely confused. Reporting the matter may mean that they lose a parent whom they love. Many kids do not want to lose their parent, they just want that part of their home life to cease. The impact and fall out of having a parent locked up because of your testimony can be an enormous burden. But imagine a child seeing their zombiefied, mutilated parent and having to live with that being a direct result of them turning to someone for help.
Custodial punishment in our civilised culture is designed to remove a person's liberty. Custodial punishment doesn't mean that people are forced to live in un-human or grossly unpleasant conditions. That also means not turning a blind eye to nonces being abused by other inmates. I know this probably isn't a very popular view among the majority of the Daily Mail readers that frequent these parts; but it is in part of what separates the savages from the civilised.
Of course if you prefer a more direct and barbaric approach to law and order you could always up stumps and buy a nice place in sunny Iran.
I do apologise if this seems like a personal attack on you Haylz, I assure you it's not. I'm just not sure how to disagree with your comments without it sounding like I'm blaming you personally for the myopic Daily Mail mentality that often prevails when this emotive topic gets raised around here
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