Date: 9/24/2003 11:35:00 AM
From Authorid: 2030
Even if they can does it matter? They need to be removed from society and pay their debt, accept their punishment. For a long, long time.  |
Date: 9/24/2003 11:38:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 53900
Yes I agree with you BCAR problem is the legal system does not see it that way and neither do alot of organizations and businesses.  |
Date: 9/24/2003 11:45:00 AM
From Authorid: 30996
I say no to that, Anyone who ever had done that to a child should be punished for life, because that child is going to be scarred, and never forget about it.
It is so inhuman to do this thing, and it effects the child when he or she gets older.  |
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Date: 9/24/2003 11:46:00 AM
From Authorid: 30996
this is wrong, and whoever commits this crime should get their privates cut off . |
Date: 9/24/2003 12:00:00 PM
From Authorid: 62222
No they can't. It has been shown through studies that offenders of this nature have a compulsion to do this over and over again. I am sorry, I just don't think this is something that we should leave it up to the person's willpower to control. It isn't like backsliding on a diet or somthing...these are children and this is a horrible compulsion. I am not going to throw the dice on whether someone has the guts to fight themselves in this kind of matter. They need to be removed from society.<RegretfulHalo>  |
Date: 9/24/2003 12:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 53284
I would not rule out the posibility of reform, however, once you've been convicted of child molestation I don't think that you should ever be trusted around children again.  |
Date: 9/24/2003 1:10:00 PM
From Authorid: 12876
being a victum of such,I would say if a molester were genuinely sorry stating such to the victum at the time,perhaps then they may never do it again,but for those who did so repeatedly before being caught,I think they would only be sneakier at it,and choose what they considered a safe person,as most molesting I am sure comes from either a relative or someone well known by the victums family,by saying a safe person,I mean someone who doesn'y know them,or in a different area then they live or frequently go to  |
Date: 9/24/2003 2:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 33925
NO a convicted child molestor cannot be reformed. IMO If they act on it once they will continue to act on it and should be locked up forever as far as I am concerned.  |
Date: 9/24/2003 2:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 53013
No, if someone is sick enough to do it once then they will do it again. I don't think there is any way of changing the way these people think. That's just my opinon.  |
Date: 9/24/2003 3:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 62367
There may be a tiny minority that can stop this aberrant despicable behavior, but most can't. Some research shows that these people can not change because of brain abnormalities. I have personal knowledge of a truly tragic case. I met my best friend during my sophomore year in college. Since I was 1000 miles from home, she invited me to spend holidays at her sister’s house. Everyone’s names have been changed. Tammy was a beautician, married to Tommy and had 2 kids, Nancy (6) and Mark (3). I spend several school breaks over 3 years with this family. Everyone seemed delightful and made me very welcome. The kids were really sweet and cute. A few years ago, my friend revealed a secret that she had kept for several years. Tammy and Tommy are now divorced and young Mark is serving a 40 years to life jail sentence. It seems Tammy discovered that her husband sexually abusing his son and daughter since they were infants. She did not discover this until the kids were teenagers. Her daughter recovered enough to make herself a normal life. Her son could not. He became involved with drugs and “satanic” music. Tammy became afraid for her son. She went to the authorities in welfare, the police, and mental health. She was told she needed mental help! Two weeks later, the 16 year-old Mark was arrested. He tried to kidnap a 5 year-old neighbor girl from her yard. The child’s father stopped the boy and had him arrested. The boy planned to kidnap, rape and sacrifice this 5 year-old to the devil. He is now in jail, maybe for the rest of his life. His father is still out on the streets. I think of this home that hid such horrible suffering and wonder how something like this can not be seen until it is too late.  |
Date: 9/24/2003 3:55:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
I believe that rehabilitation is definitely a possibility, but I also see the difference between the possibility of recovery, and the risk one assumes in taking the chance. The crime itself is too much to risk the chance, so I agree that the perp deserves only the longest sentence possible away from society. See comment above mine for illustration. So in short, is rehab possible? Definitely. Should we attempt it and let them back out to assume normal life? No.  |
Date: 9/24/2003 4:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 53052
i think people should atleast be given a chance to move on... forgive.. but not forget... if you did something wrong you would want a second chance wouldn't you??  |
Date: 9/24/2003 5:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 54987
No I don't think they really can. The best we can hope for is that they don't offend any more. Being a pedofile I don't think is a choice... no matter how it came about... it is a preference and up to the individual whether or not they act upon it. I would never any children around anyone who was convicted of pedophilia no matter how long they had stopped acting on it.  |
Date: 9/24/2003 5:31:00 PM
From Authorid: 47296
In research on the matter, it has been determined that extremely few child molesters can be reformed. While life imprisonemnt may seem like the right answer, it would require a drastic overhaul in our sentencing laws, and could invite court challenges over sentencing. There are ways I believe are appropriate for dealing with such people, but unfortunately, most courts do not feel the same way I do.  |
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Date: 9/24/2003 5:40:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 53900
Midnightly I have lived through this experience I was molested from teh age of 7 until I was 13 and no I do not think that my molester deserves a second chance this is a life sentence for teh victim. It totally screws up a persons life. My honest feelings on this matter is that the person should be castrated and then forced to live teh same sentence themselves where they are raped by sopmeone bigger then them. This is a deplorable crime and they deserve nothing...no mercy no forgiveness no second chances because that second chance means another chance to revictimize someone maybe even the person they originally molested and gives them a chance to learn from their"mistakes" and not get caught the next time. If you had to experience the pain and emotional turmoil it creates you would surly know teh answer is that you cannot ever truly be over it and the person who commited the crime should not ever beable to live his life normally again |
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Date: 9/24/2003 7:42:00 PM
From Authorid: 53052
jessica... i believe in giving a second chance to people.... i would not throw a child molester in a classroom to teach.. that is completely different from working on a movie set surrounded by adults... i think that they should be allowed to to move on with thier lives....yes they should be punished... but they should also get a chance to live thier life after they have spent a fair amount of time behind bars... and yes be open and tell people that "yes they were convicted of a crime" and do have to check in every few months with a parole officer for life....BUT i think they should be able to have a life also... but i guess.. that's my thoughts and people don't always agree with it(i don't expect them to) i just say to that... to each thier own and leave it at that... everyone is allowed an opinion |
Date: 9/25/2003 9:39:00 AM
From Authorid: 10722
They can be reformed, with one bullet.  |
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Date: 9/25/2003 9:49:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 53900
Anomaly X that is a good way to put it:) |
Date: 9/26/2003 11:46:00 AM
From Authorid: 62060
One answer. No.  |
Date: 9/27/2003 5:37:00 AM
From Authorid: 42945
well I put it to you this way....if he touched any of mine, he wouldnt get a second chance...hugs  |
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Date: 9/27/2003 5:57:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 53900
Zema I know the feeling...I dont know if I could deal with the knowledge that someone hurt any of my kids in that way and was able to go on living his ife normally and I am sorry but no punishment is ever sufficient for these people. They deserve absolutely nothing but either lifetime imprisonment or death |
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Date: 9/27/2003 8:57:00 AM
From Authorid: 55967
IMO, like I said above, I think people are confusing the weight of the crime with the ability to be reformed. Is it true that there is a parallel measurement that shows that the more heinous the crime, the less the possibility of reform? I don't think so. Therefore, I stick with the view that, objectively speaking, yes, in time, there is a possibility of reform, but I don't think, given what they've done to the lives of others, that they should have the luxury of "seeing the light" and "getting right" in a couple of years, while their victims languish. UNLESS---hey, this just occured to me. Let's say we find a way to bring the victim to a point where healing begins, and we find a path where they can walk to eventually complete recovery (albeit, many years down the road?) Then, if we find such a thing, I suggest that we reform the perp, but then keep him locked up doing hard labor for the exact amount of time that the victim is still in the healing process. What would you think of that? |
Date: 9/28/2003 2:00:00 PM
From Authorid: 4144
no they can't be reformed. they are the lowest forms of scum on the earth and they should be neutered like the dogs they are.  |
Date: 10/1/2003 11:55:00 PM
From Authorid: 13119
I agree that pedophiles are disgusting and abhorrent but.... most of them were once innocent children who were molested!!! I do not believe in reform, maybe some heavy duty brain washing and "behaviour modification" (keep the creep awake for days on end and show him pictures of little kids and every time he likes the picture zap his genitals with an electric shock.) Even after this modification don't let him out, give him to a big guy named bubba. Keep him in jail, with Bubba, until all the children who he/she molested have had intensive councelling and are able to, if not move on, live with what has happened to them. Maybe then when he/ she is 90 yrs old and in a walker with a pace maker and hearing aids, maybe then, we should let them out.  |
Date: 10/2/2003 3:25:00 AM
From Authorid: 62146
I think they can be.
*Cosmic Freak*  |
Date: 10/2/2003 1:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 32806
Yes they can be reformed, BUT, let them be reformed in a place where it is certain that if that reform wavers they CANNOT act upon their twisted desires again. Lock them up forever. Children are too precious and EXTREMELY vulnerable.  |
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Date: 10/2/2003 1:16:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 53900
I am still not sure they can be rreformed and to be honest I would never ever take that chance with my kids...I dont want my children around this type of person at school, at a sporting event, in a store, as our next door neighbor nothing...this to me is the worst form of abuse that can happen to a child(although all forms are terrible) I know I survived mental, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and out of it all the sexual abuse is the only thing that still bothers me at all. It totally messed up my life and the sad fact is the person who did it to me now has three daughters and was never even convicted of his crimes. |
