• village604@adultswim.fan
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    16 days ago

    Eh, there are definitely pedophiles who will never touch a child or consume CSAM. People who have an attraction to children should be allowed to seek help without fear of being killed.

    A decent chunk of sex crimes are motivated by exerting power over the weak, rather than sexual attraction.

    But the second they harm a child or consume CSAM, execution is warranted.

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      15 days ago

      Sorry I was responding to “Ilhan Omar calls to execute president Trump”.

      People who seek help and don’t abuse anyone are ok.

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      16 days ago

      If I’m being absolutely fair, I can also see how, if a pedophile knows that they are caught being a pedophile that the death penalty is assured, then there is the chance that they will simply kill their victims because there is a chance that they will simply get life in prison instead of being executed for their crimes.

      Maybe as an alternative, the person who commits pedophilia loses everything they own to their victim. Trump would no longer be a billionaire, he would be a poor schmuck that used to have a TV show that literal tens of millions of Americans despise to their very soul.

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        15 days ago

        Pedophilia isn’t a verb, though. My point was that there is a difference between someone attracted to children and a child rapist (even though it makes me feel gross to make the point). Being attracted to children doesn’t mean you’ll ever act on that attraction.

        Without them harming children or consuming material whose production harmed children, punishing them is basically punishing thought crime. I think everyone who wants to get help so they never do it should be able to.

        But I do agree that the death penalty could have the effect you described. I love your solution.