By “pedophiles should be executed” I mean anyone who has ever molested a child.
As far as child pornography is concerned, IMHO all those who manufacture, distribute, and view child pornography should also be executed. If that sounds harsh, those who watch it are participating after the fact in the rape of children. And although I have no statistics, I suspect that most of those who view child pornography also actively molest children, sooner or later.
Pedophilia needs to be elminated, and the only way to eliminate it is to eliminate those who practice it. And as far as promoting it, like the NAMBLA organization, such promotion is NOT protected by the Bill of Rights and all such organizations or promotions should be illegal. Anyone who has ever promoted pedophilia should have their life under a microscope and if they have ever molested a child or manufactured, distributed or owned child pornography, they should be executed.
I hope my POV is clear.
Just because someone is attracted to molesting children is not cause to execute them. But they should know that if they try to act out their morbid desire, they will be executed. And none of this 20-30 years on death row, either.
Well, good. (I wouldn’t want to think any FReepers were proposing execution for thoughtcrimes.)
Personally, I am enamored of the East Roman approach to heinous crimes, which eschewed execution in favor of mutilation to give the criminal a chance to live a life of repentance for his sins while posing no threat to society. (Blinding was favored, though for molesting children, perhaps blinding, castration and loss of the dominant hand might be appropriate — yes, I’m afraid the Muslims stole the idea of mutilation as punishment from us Orthodox Christians back in the day — of course, they ruined the intent by adding execution back into the mix for apostacy, adultery, . . . )
Perhaps I’m old fashioned, but evil is evil. I don’t buy into blaming imaginary psychiatric illnesses, phony baloney “anti-Muslim” videos, bad childhoods, or anything else for the actions of an individual, But we’re in complete and total agreement.
I sincerely hope I misunderstood The_Reader_David’s comment. However, to me, and again, I could be wrong, it sounded like he was trying to evoke pity on those wish to prey on children but don’t. I have no pity for them at all.