Should child mol;esters be put to sleep????

Very thought-provoking subject! I was married to a woman that was molested by her father so I saw first-hand the harm done. I think that if I ever was going to molest a child I would prefer to die first rather than hurt a child.

Whilst it is true that paedophilia has a very low success rate of treatment, to say the never stop is not quite true As you say many are victims themselves, a paedophile is a symptom of a sick culture all the best urban

When I was a kid, I met two molesters, the first one was a teenager, brother to my playmate, and I was too young - maybe five or six - to even understand what he did. It hurt physically, but I went right home - I could not even describe what he did, but I know that other girls were forbidden to go there after that and his mother came to us and cried and apologized for what had happend. I have sometimes thought that this guy might have been a victim too, so it is hard to feel anything. I have learned that we only hurt ourselves if we hate somebody so I hope he learned from this and behaved better after what had happened. I don´t think I was too hurt from this as I had a good family where I felt safe and the rest of the men I knew were OK to me. I had a really great relationship with my father and brother and my mother was a very caring person. The second time I was 11 but this guy could not do much as I was old enough to say no to him and yelled in a loud voice - so he ran away. Some people came and saw him run and recognized him, so the police came and questioned me and he probably got some kind of penalty. And I hope he learned something - at least I have not been disturbed by him and maybe not even seen him again. So I think I got away lightly compared to those who have been molested during a long time by some family member. Yes, I was really scared that last time, but again my familty was a safe place and I think I have been rather balanced, especially after I have learned to take care of my health better. At a young age, I learned to live after the moral principles in the Bible, and I am really grateful for that. It has - I am sure - saved me from many problems.

On their first offence I don't think they should be put to sleep. But if they ever got caught doing it again then maybe they should be put to sleep. Some child molesters do change, but only a few. I think these people act on urge alone. And it is true that some of them were victims themselves but that doesn't mean they should let others experience it too. If only we could exile all child molesters on an island where there are no children.

I don't think we can get an easy answer for this because there is always one way out of any solution. So be it child molester or any other crime, people will find a way out of it. We just have to make things harder for them.