Here Is Where I Would Draw The Line

The Polish government has passed into law mandatory chemical castration for some pedophiles. I know many people here in Canada that would applaud this decision, and I can understand why. I however completely disagree.

I have no sympathy for the actions of pedophiles. However, they are still people, and that I think the state should be above their actions. We want to end the behaviour, not the person. I understand the wave of unquestionnable hostility to these criminals, but for the Prime Minister to say

…he wanted obligatory castration for pedophiles, whom he branded ‘degenerates’. Tusk said he did not believe “one can use the term ‘human’ for such individuals, such creatures.”

Why stop there? Let’s just execute every priest who touches a little boy! Let’s just cut off the hands of thieves? Oh wait, we’re better than this.

September 27th, 2009. 3 comments... »
Categories: Politics, Rant.

3 comments.

  1. I agree with you and disagree with the Polish government’s decision. Acting only on a physical aspect of this problem ignores the psycho-social aspects of pedophilia. Apparently the Czech Republic has a similar practice; however, they go as far as physical castration there.

    Thanks for sharing this piece of news. I’ll bring it up in my Sexology Intervention class. We always share sexology news at the beginning of the class. It should get some reactions. I’ll be sure to let you know about them…

    Posted by Sarah on September 28th, 2009.

  2. Funny story involving war world 2 (contradictory sentence?). Anyways.. Je voulais seulement te laisser un peu d’information sur le sujet. Une idée semblable est montée pendant la 2e guerre mondiale en allemagne, c’est-à-dire des expériences sur les humains pour voir la manière la plus efficace et facile de stériliser une personne. Leur objectif, bien sur, était de s’en servir sur la partie de la population qui, selon eux n’étaient “pas des membres respectables de la société” (les juifs, les brunettes, etc.). Si tu as l’intention de revirer quelqu’un dans un argument sur le sujet, tu pourrais utiliser cette comparaison nazie à ton avantage. “CES PERSONNES NE SONT PAS HUMAIN” dicte le gouvernement polonais, alors que ces mêmes mots sortaient d’un meussieur avec une moustache carrée dans les années 40.

    My take on this would be the following : The solution of the problem is not in chemically altering the perpetrator, because once the harm is done, it is already done. Taking a step back and looking at the big picture would help out a bit more. Heres just an example of a solution, to rather condemn the offenders to go through psychological testing/ behavioural analasys testing
    and to learn FROM the criminals (who are the best at what they do) a way to stop them from doing what they do. Enforced chemical induction of infertility (considered as a disease – reference http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/ddb21627.htm) breaks ethics laws. Something should be inforced upon them, I agree, but it should not be disease.

    Cheers from Quebec Andrew.

    Posted by Benoit LeBlanc on October 4th, 2009.

  3. ja the moustache should resonate in modern poland. super idea! that could actually change something.

    Posted by central_european on October 10th, 2009.

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