Should the Death Penalty be reintroduced for convicted paedophiles?

It's considered a sexual preference by the WHO. DSM is just published by the APA.

So many acronyms

Well they would say that wouldn't they.

How about locking them all up under the mental health act then?

A 'preference' puts it in the same boat as homosexuality, pansexuality etc. and it's absolutely nothing like them imho.

I think it is a good thing that certain States in the US have the Death Penalty. Other countries have it too.[Not sure which ones exactly]. Yes of course, it hasn't solved the problem of child abuse. But I would imagine no matter how "instinctive" a paedophile might be ,if he were faced with the prospect of the death penalty it just might make him stop and think and therefore,save a child. [Yes, I know that it is mainly murderers who are given the death penalty in the US ,not child abusers, I was just using that as an example of the death penalty in the US]. What's the country in the Far East where drug trafficking carries the death penalty? I've seen the airport on TV with warning signs written in English.

Well, yes. That is what it is considered by these institutions.

It's a controversial statement to make, because then people think you are 'comparing' homosexuals etc to pedophiles or tarnishing perfectly legitimate sexual preferences to a not so legitimate preference. But, it is exactly that. A sexual preference, by definition.

And, just to clarify before people jump down my throat again.

Pedophilia, whilst not illegal, is very wrong.

Homosexuality is a beautiful thing and is not wrong at all.

I think it is a good thing that certain States in the US have the Death Penalty. Other countries have it too.[Not sure which ones exactly]. Yes of course, it hasn't solved the problem of child abuse. But I would imagine no matter how "instinctive" a paedophile might be ,if he were faced with the prospect of the death penalty it just might make him stop and think and therefore,save a child. [Yes, I know that it is mainly murderers who are given the death penalty in the US ,not child abusers, I was just using that as an example of the death penalty in the US]. What's the country in the Far East where drug trafficking carries the death penalty? I've seen the airport on TV with warning signs written in English.

But it's not a sexuality, it's a mental disorder as stated in the DSM-V.

My point stands about the death penalty. Killing people never achieved anything and even in places where the death penalty is legal, the crimes which have the death penalty as a potential punishment still occur.

The point I was making is that it shouldn't be seen as a sexual preference because the other types of sexuality and there many, many numbers of them and as you say, they are beautiful things and people who have their own preferences (everything apart from paedophilia) bring ALOT to society.

Put it in the same bracket opens up the door to the comparison, when it nothing could be more wrong.

I think it is a good thing that certain States in the US have the Death Penalty. Other countries have it too.[Not sure which ones exactly]. Yes of course, it hasn't solved the problem of child abuse. But I would imagine no matter how "instinctive" a paedophile might be ,if he were faced with the prospect of the death penalty it just might make him stop and think and therefore,save a child. [Yes, I know that it is mainly murderers who are given the death penalty in the US ,not child abusers, I was just using that as an example of the death penalty in the US]. What's the country in the Far East where drug trafficking carries the death penalty? I've seen the airport on TV with warning signs written in English.

Incidentally, bestiality and paedophilia are both illegal (rightfully) and scorned behaviour.

Where do we fall on "puppy play", "furries" and "loli's"? People who, with consenting adults, create fantasies over these taboo areas in a mature and (debatably) healthy manner?

Paedophiles are sexually attracted to children, therefore it's a sexuality or sexual preference towards children.

I suspect the people claiming it isn't are those who don't want to see homosexuality and the other "normal" sexualities next to paedophilia.

I'm sorry, to confirm, are you trying to tell us that the country with (to my knowledge) the highest incarceration rate in the world is "doing it right"?

I imagine if the death penalty was such a deterrent then there wouldn't be so many people in prison in the states.

It is not a viable policy in any way shape or form, and I say this as someone who until relatively recently supported the death penalty.

how does it save a child?


There are many countries that have the death penalty for drug trafficking. Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Taiwan etc.

How am I claiming something when it's actually seen a mental disorder in the DSM-V? Personally, no. I don't want to see the other sexualities next to paedophilia because there's evidently something inherently something up with you have a sexual preference for children but we should help these people not kill them.

It might save a child from being abused because if the abuser knows if he is caught and convicted he faces the prospect of being hanged it might make him stop and think otherwise.

It might save a child from being abused because if the abuser knows if he is caught and convicted he faces the prospect of being hanged it might make him stop and think otherwise.

Well it's seen as a sexual preference by WHO so dilly ding dily dong.

Of course you don't... even though I'm certain sexuality for the same sex and sexuality for children affect the same part of the brain (again, there's no evidence for this, but I'd wager).

In what way can we "help" paedos? You can't stop them from thinking about children in that way, it's part of who they are, just like you can't stop a homo thinking about bumming another hot stud he sees.

A 'preference' puts it in the same boat as homosexuality, pansexuality etc. and it's absolutely nothing like them imho.



I said in my original post they should be locked away for a very long time. I'm not trying to say paedophilia is right or it's okay because it's not. It's vile. I just don't think killing every convicted paedophile is the way forward...

If there is no evidence, how can you make this statement?

You can treat pedophiles to be able to control their urges, apparently.

Well it's seen as a sexual preference by WHO so dilly ding dily dong.

Of course you don't... even though I'm certain sexuality for the same sex and sexuality for children affect the same part of the brain (again, there's no evidence for this, but I'd wager).

In what way can we "help" paedos? You can't stop them from thinking about children in that way, it's part of who they are, just like you can't stop a homo thinking about bumming another hot stud he sees.