We don't execute rapists but why not remove ...

[LittleNipper]

We don't execute rapists.
And many have raped again.
Why not just remove the offending part
and then they'd not be able to rape again?

I know I'd think twice... The thought even makes me wince...

 

[OmarKhayyam]

Another enlighten and well considered suggestion springing from a deep knowledge of the US Constitution.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

We don't execute rapists.
And many have raped again.
Why not just remove the offending part
and then they'd not be able to rape again?

I know I'd think twice... The thought even makes me wince...

The threat of having your offending part removed is what would make you think twice about committing rape?

 

[LittleNipper]

Another enlighten and well considered suggestion springing from a deep knowledge of the US Constitution.

It beats letting guys do whatever they want whenever they want to and then pay $50,000 a year to keep the offender in jail. I know I sure could use such money. Perhaps you are independently weathy?

 

[Nanda]

Then we can go back to cutting off shoplifter's hands and stoning adulterers.

 

[OmarKhayyam]

It beats letting guys do whatever they want whenever they want to and then pay $50,000 a year to keep the offender in jail. I know I sure could use such money. Perhaps you are independently weathy?

Perhaps you might read first.

Oh, wait I forgot. :sorry1:

Nevermind.

 

[OmarKhayyam]

Then we can go back to cutting off shoplifter's hands and stoning adulterers.

Don't forget dem godless heathens spreading their hate for Christians.

Need som'in real - hot - for dem folks.

 

[Kerr]

We don't execute rapists.
And many have raped again.
Why not just remove the offending part
and then they'd not be able to rape again?

I know I'd think twice... The thought even makes me wince...

We don´t know for sure they will rape again. If we did it would come to another level (even though I still disagree with the death sentence), however we cannot punish people for crimes they have yet to commit.

 

[monta]

Why stop at rape, why not put castration on the table for all crimes, surely that will make someone think twice before illegally downloading the next Transformers movie, brilliant idea

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Why stop at rape, why not put castration on the table for all crimes, surely that will make someone think twice before illegally downloading the next Transformers movie, brilliant idea

Castrating someone who would purposefully download the Transformers movie might actually be doing society a favor.

 

[Gentoo]

We don't execute rapists.
And many have raped again.
Why not just remove the offending part
and then they'd not be able to rape again?

I know I'd think twice... The thought even makes me wince...

It's not about sex, it's about power and control over another person.

 

[Just_me_Mike]

We don't execute rapists.
And many have raped again.
Why not just remove the offending part
and then they'd not be able to rape again?

I know I'd think twice... The thought even makes me wince...

Because everyone knows it's not the rapist's fault, but the savory dangling of the meat. Put everyone in sleeping bags, and there would be no rape. :areyoucra

 

[methylatedghosts]

You know.. I'm not so much in favour of this whole eye-for-an-eye thing

(which, in a way is what this is suggesting)

I'm of the view that all attack is a call for help - these people need aid, not punishment.

 

[Just_me_Mike]

You know.. I'm not so much in favour of this whole eye-for-an-eye thing

(which, in a way is what this is suggesting)

I'm of the view that all attack is a call for help - these people need aid, not punishment.

Case by case, to complex to blanket either way, ya know?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

You know.. I'm not so much in favour of this whole eye-for-an-eye thing

(which, in a way is what this is suggesting)

I'm of the view that all attack is a call for help - these people need aid, not punishment.

Sometimes punishment is help.

 

[MissAlice]

Actually I think the op has an interesting question. If a country like the U.S. still practices the barbaric method of executing, then why is it that rapists are let out again only to repeat the offenses.

There seems to be a lot of double standards in the legal systems.

Anyway, I don't necessarily think cutting IT off would do much as it would be considered cruel and unusual punishment. I'm wondering though if there isn't more to rape than just the IT...

 

[logician]

The problem lies with our corrupt and unfair justice system, which houses nonviolent offenders (mostly drug users), which overcrowds the system, and forces prisons to release really dangerous peope early. We need to decriminalize drug use, which would go a long way to reducing overcrowding, and keeping the really dangerous people locked up.

 

[methylatedghosts]

Sometimes punishment is help.

For who? Society because they imagine that they might be doing something?

Putting a rapist in prison doesn't necessarily help them or the victim. People will rape regardless of the threat of punishment.

Putting a rapist in prison doesn't really do alot more than help society feel better about themselves, knowing that at least *something* is done about it.
I'm not so silly as to suggest that we just let rapists roam free - what I'm suggesting is, to give them the aid they need while in prison. To help them come to terms with what they've done, to understand why they did it, to help them confront the things that make them feel they need to rape, and to understand how their actions affect others. Once they truly understand these things, I'm of the opinion that they wouldn't rape again. I also strongly believe that an additional way to provide healing to the victim, is that the rapist is then able to communicate to the victim why it happened, why they were chosen, and how the rapist has changed for the better - if the victim chooses to talk with him/her of course.

Case by case, to complex to blanket either way, ya know?

Not so sure about that - I've not really seen reason to change my view on it. (that all attack is a call for help)

 

[Mister Emu]

Rape is more about power and control then the actual sex...

Someone who had been castrated might still rape, just with an object...

I'm of the view that all attack is a call for help - these people need aid, not punishment.

No all attackers can be "helped"... there is no "cure" for being a sociopath for instance.

 

[whereismynotecard]

Or we could just ******* kill them. We don't need rapists in our societies. If they are killed no one is going to miss them. (except only human rapists should be killed.) Baggins rapes the other dogs all the time... O_O