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Are Paedos 'evil'?
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Are paedophiles 'evil' and can they be 'cured'?
Erm..that's the question
Paedophillia in itself is attraction to children and in itself is definitely not 'evil' but I guess morally to most people it is wrong. I think it should be treated as an illness. When I think about it and after seeing the film Happiness..Not sure if anyone else has seen it?
Anyway, to sum it up briefly the psychiatrist molests the friends of his pre-teen son. The film basically makes him to be a pretty sympathetic character but there is one especially touching scene which I couldnt possibly ruin by telling anyone it
Anyway looking at paedophiles themselves. Do you think any of them know that there is something wrong with being attracted to children? Do some WANT to get help? If a paedophile went to the doctor's one day and told them their anxieties how would they be greeted?
This is my rambly ramblings by the way. I hope it made sense. My trail of thought is kinda umm..sporadic.
Erm..that's the question
Paedophillia in itself is attraction to children and in itself is definitely not 'evil' but I guess morally to most people it is wrong. I think it should be treated as an illness. When I think about it and after seeing the film Happiness..Not sure if anyone else has seen it?
Anyway, to sum it up briefly the psychiatrist molests the friends of his pre-teen son. The film basically makes him to be a pretty sympathetic character but there is one especially touching scene which I couldnt possibly ruin by telling anyone it
Anyway looking at paedophiles themselves. Do you think any of them know that there is something wrong with being attracted to children? Do some WANT to get help? If a paedophile went to the doctor's one day and told them their anxieties how would they be greeted?
This is my rambly ramblings by the way. I hope it made sense. My trail of thought is kinda umm..sporadic.
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When some guy kidnaps a 3 year old kid to molest, the evil deeds are: 1)The kidnapping and 2)the molestation. Him wanting to do that isn't evil, just something he should have ignored as best as possible.
So yes, I believe they should be offered psychiatric help.
Shoot 'em, put them out of their misery, and save the chance they could ever do anything to children again.
I agreeee. You worded it much better!
Those who make those fantasies reality are!
My take on it anyway.
Acting on those urges is a different thing.
no i know what he means by that. He doesn't mean that they are both just as bad as each other but that having sexual thought about children is not necesserily wrong as such. I have thought about this issue before and I guess as sick at peodophila is you can not help your feelings and what you are attracted to just like you can not help being gay if that is really how you feel. Don't get me wrong I do not condone (sp?) this behaviour in the slightest but you can not help what your mind is telling you which is why it could be seen as a mental health issue
Isn't that just sweeping the problem under the rug? There are ALWAYS going to be people attracted to children. Being attracted to a child doesn't automatically mean that you are a threat. How do we know that there aren't people fighting the urges? If there are I'm guessing it's without medical help because think of the consequences if they did come out so to speak.
Same as I said above. Simply because it is the most logical conclusion. Many Paedophiles themselves have said they'd rather be dead.
Well, not so much that... they said they will offend again if let out... because they can't control the urges and they see nothing wrong with it. So they'd rather die.
Some people are turned on by kids. That's not something they can control, any more than the two examples above can.
If someone kidnaps a grown woman to do stuff to her feet, his evil deed is the kidnapping and that he did the stuff without her consent.
If some guy kidnaps another guy to rape, his evil deed is the kidnapping and the fact that he forced the other one into sex without his consent.
But in these two examples, the correct thing to do would have been for the person in question to find someone who would agree to these things being done, and who'd be legally able to agree (i.e. mentally grown-up).
If some guy kidnaps another a kid to molest, his evil deed is the kidnapping and the fact that he did it without the kid's consent.
THE BIG DIFFERENCE HERE IS: Kids don't have the legal ability to give consent. Unlike the other two who could find someone to do what they want with legally, this one can't. So the only moral solution is to not do it. If they need help with that, a psychiatrist/ologist/analyst/whatever could help, I think. But their urges aren't wrong in themselves.
I dont think that was his point. The paedophiles can't help that they are attracted to children and hate themselves for it so would rather be dead? Correct me if I'm wrong.
That's what I was trying to say but you worded it better
chemical castration is apparently painless and the guy won't just have his freedom ...he'll also have some dignity knowing he has done the right thing having his nuts undone.
Surely it doesn't all revolve around his bollocks
exactly. Also women can be peodophiles too, what would be done to them as I don't think an op would stop any urges a woman may have? I may be wrong tho
haha, na I thought that put the point across well
Unfortunately time machines arent available.
edit: what about his mouth?
lol
Why? Some people, through bad luck I guess are attracted to children, can't blame them for that, can't blame homosexuals fancying members of the same sex. However they have a moral obligation not to act their fantasies.
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