REAL WORLD EVENT DISCUSSIONS

Well, if you can't fix their brainz, fix their other brainz...

POSTED BY: WISHIMAY
UPDATED: Sunday, February 26, 2012 19:29
SHORT URL:
VIEWED: 778
PAGE 1 of 1

Friday, February 24, 2012 10:20 AM

WISHIMAY


http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/23/world/europe/germany-castration/index.ht
ml?hpt=wo_c2


If it's voluntary, and saves another person OR PERSONS from acts of violence 90 percent of the time, why stop it??? 'Cause it makes a few people cringe??

Makes me wanna go be a doctor in Germany...




NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Friday, February 24, 2012 10:27 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important


Hello,

You are unlikely to find me arguing against anything that is voluntary and selected absent coercion by someone competent to make decisions.

--Anthony


_______________________________________________

"In every war, the state enacts a tax of freedom upon the citizenry. The unspoken promise is that the tax shall be revoked at war's end. Endless war holds no such promise. Hence, Eternal War is Eternal Slavery." --Admiral Robert J. Henner


NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Friday, February 24, 2012 10:42 AM

FREMDFIRMA



From ABA Journal, 1992
Pragmatically Impotent
http://www.vachss.com/av_dispatches/disp_9207_a.html
Quote:

Sex offender treatment is the growth industry of the 1990s. Chemical castration already looms as a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card.

Castration validates the sex offender's self-portrait: He is the victim; he can't help himself. It panders to our ugliest instincts, not the least of which is cowardice—the refusal to call evil by its name.

Nor can castration be defended because the perpetrator chooses it. Leaving aside the obvious issue of coercion, under what theory does a convicted criminal get to select his own (non-incarcerative) sentence?

America loves simple solutions to complex problems, especially solutions with political utility, like boot camp for youthful offenders. The last thing our cities need is muggers in better physical shape.

When it comes to our own self-interest (and self-defense), the greatest sickness is stupidity. Castration qualifies ... on all counts.


IF it worked, which it don't, there might be value, but as it stands, no.

-Frem

I do not serve the Blind God.

NOTIFY: N   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Friday, February 24, 2012 10:50 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


I'm with Frem. Too much gray there, it's not as simple as it sounds. And it DOESN'T work, from what I've read/heard/seen.

The girls in other countries who "volunteer" for female castration because supposedly it would keep them from "straying" outside their marriage...does it have that effect? Is it truly "voluntary"?

Too much gray.



NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Friday, February 24, 2012 6:47 PM

WISHIMAY


I'm confused...did you read the statistics in the article?? Because they claimed a 80-90% success rate compared to those who opt out... How is that failure?

And who said anything about girls?? Female castration is a whole 'nuther ball of wax, as you aren't removing ability to have sex, just the enjoyment somewhat...

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Sunday, February 26, 2012 7:29 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht


I'll need to think about this one, if they choose it over rehab that doesn't fix the physicality defect in the first place then who am I to say no? Maybe they'll feel better, because I can't imagine they like their bodies reacting to children, no one would like that. Obviously they should still be put in jail for the act though, because the act was their choice and they should suffer the consequences of that choice, castration shouldn't change that, it would be an option for when they get out right?

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

NOTIFY: N   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

YOUR OPTIONS

NEW POSTS TODAY

USERPOST DATE

OTHER TOPICS

DISCUSSIONS
In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
Thu, March 28, 2024 16:19 - 3412 posts
BUILD BACK BETTER!
Thu, March 28, 2024 16:12 - 8 posts
Well... He was no longer useful to the DNC or the Ukraine Money Laundering Scheme... So justice was served
Thu, March 28, 2024 12:44 - 1 posts
Elections; 2024
Thu, March 28, 2024 11:18 - 2071 posts
Salon: NBC's Ronna blunder: A failed attempt to appeal to MAGA voters — except they hate her too
Thu, March 28, 2024 07:04 - 1 posts
Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
Thu, March 28, 2024 05:27 - 6154 posts
Russian losses in Ukraine
Wed, March 27, 2024 23:21 - 987 posts
human actions, global climate change, global human solutions
Wed, March 27, 2024 15:03 - 824 posts
NBC News: Behind the scenes, Biden has grown angry and anxious about re-election effort
Wed, March 27, 2024 14:58 - 2 posts
RFK Jr. Destroys His Candidacy With VP Pick?
Wed, March 27, 2024 11:59 - 16 posts
Russia says 60 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid; Islamic State group claims responsibility
Wed, March 27, 2024 10:57 - 49 posts
Ha. Haha! HAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!!
Tue, March 26, 2024 21:26 - 1 posts

FFF.NET SOCIAL