I agree that those who would prey on children are the lowest of the low & that they destroy a life as nearly as if the child were left dead. The life that child might have led is forever gone from that moment on. Society must be protected from such predators.

I believe such people must be confined the remainder of their days. I have never heard of rehabilitation for a child predator and don't believe there is any hope for that. Various methods of castration only remove the weapon of choice and do not address female offenders. But I do not agree with the permanent solutions suggested above that eliminate any possible attempts of redress in the event that someone is wrongfully convicted. Studies have proven the fallibility of even eye witness acounts...between terror, trauma and time, mistakes are made. Permanently confining convicted offenders with only those similarly convicted would allow for the possibility of righting a wrong conviction, should it become known.

It is inherent in our legal system that some offenders of any of our laws will escape conviction in an effort to prevent the innocent from a wrongful conviction. Whether we wish to believe it or not, the plan was an effort to protect all of us...you & I, as well as the less savory members of our society. It is what those who came before us to establish our legal system intended. Innocent until proven guilty is just one example of their foresight. I believe that they may have even trusted that God would ultimately set the record straight by allowing those offenders who escaped just punishment to eventually reveal themselves & be convicted (if not of the original crime, then a subsequent one).

It is with that same regard that I oppose an 'ultimate'/'capital', permanent solution to the question of appropriate punishment for child predators...or to the death penalty period. The wrongful death at the hands of my government is committed in the name of all of this country's citizens...it is committed in my name. If & when it is required, I wish to pay for my sins & mine alone. Until all who are sentenced to death in my name are proven beyond TODAY'S standards of reasonable doubt (DNA evidence!), I will oppose the death penalty...or the permitting of other convicts to do the dirty work for those who believe incarceration is too lenient.

To those here who have suffered at the hands of horrendous vultures, I can give you only the tears & grief I have for the child we lost in you. I can only hope that there is a story of triumph and success for the child into which you were transformed because of such an experience. I grieve for what you have suffered and lost (what the world lost), but hope to be allowed to rejoice in the incredible people you become in spite of it. I am so sorry...and that rings so hollow in the face of what you've endured.

my name is not betsy...

i have a quote for you to contemplate

and then i am done with speaking with you

for all of eternity.....




Dare Greatly

It is not the critic who counts:
not the man who points out
how the strong man stumbles
or where the doer of deeds
could have done better.
The credit belongs to the man
who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust
and sweat and blood,
who strives valiantly,
who errs and comes up
short again and again,
because there is no effort
without error or shortcoming,
but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions,
who spends himself
for a worthy cause;
who, at the best, knows,
in the end, the triumph
of high achievement,
and who, at the worst,
if he fails,
at least he fails
while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be
with those cold and timid souls
who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

nah, no stand. Just an observation. I just never realized how prevalent it was.

I am sure it is just as true with females who don't like males, I don't know, but I havent' noticed that as much, and one of you guys can start that thread.

I have, in my travels, run into men that really love women and those guys are WONDERFUL to find.

Im not a sadist.

Like most people are.

I would like to fix this problem

I'm also a victim, I've served 48 years of my life sentance, imposed on my because I was a little boy under the control of a pervert. Every Thursday at 2:00 pm I spend an hour with a PTSD Theropist. He got out of County Jail after 30 days.

I dont want my tax dollars imprisoning people A lot of those people inprison are innocent or they didnt get a fair trial. The system is broke