Kmarion wrote:
Turquoise wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
I'll have to see some hard facts to believe that. Good luck finding them, the victims name is usually not released if they are minors. Sexual predators outside of the family are not a rare occurrence. If it were there wouldn't be a need for you to be here protecting the feelings of the convicted.
You weren't lying when you said you were in a pissy mood.
lol.. am I lying? You are worried about the emotional impact on sexual predators. I just dug it in a little bit that time..
We good Brian We good.
You don't get it, do you?... This isn't about anyone's feelings... I really don't give a shit about most people's feelings, criminal or otherwise. I figured I made that clear in other threads.
I support rehabilitation because it's practical. What good comes out of imprisoning someone and then releasing them into an environment where there is little to no motivation for changing your ways? It's like waiting for someone to repeat the crime they got busted for.
See, I care about protecting the innocent just the same as you, but I look at it differently. I acknowledge that really horrible shit happens on a daily basis throughout this insignificant speck of dirt we call a planet. We really are our own worst enemy in how we abuse and kill each other. But the only way to really change people's behavior is to make it in their best interests to change. There's currently not much incentive for that.
If you've been convicted of a felony, sexual or otherwise, you really don't have many options once you leave prison. Not many people will hire you, and if you're on the sex offender registry, housing becomes tricky. These things concern me not because of the feelings involved but rather, the repercussions involved.
If the best legit job you can get due to a prior criminal record is at McDonald's, then chances are, you'll be tempted to go the much more profitable route of selling drugs. That's kind of a disturbing thought when you consider how many felons are walking the streets right now -- let alone the fact that the hamburger you just ordered might be made by one of them.
The sex offender list just complicates things further with the added stigma involved. So no, it's not about feelings -- it's about wondering what the fuck these people are going to do with their limited options. If you box someone into a corner, they often snap. Snapping in this case involves things like raping children.
So again... if rehabilitation isn't possible and self-control isn't likely.... then death really should be the only punishment dealt for heinous sex crimes, but it's not. Why? Because our system isn't logical. Our laws aren't either. We have a justice system based on revenge, not actual justice.
But that's ok... because we know that sex crimes will always happen. We know that a certain percentage of children will suffer no matter what precautions we take. So after a while, it just becomes damage control, while we wonder why repeat offenses occur.
It's not going to change, and maybe... it's just a twisted version of Darwinism.
"I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger."
