do you think that maybe they did it because they were tormented beyond what anyone could understand and maybe they are the true victims. do you think society should give them another chance and fund a special program just to help these poor souls?
2006-07-19 02:01:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Although I think a lot of murderers and pedophiles have some type of organic damage and their brains are incorrectly wired, there currently exists no cure and the only way to deter them is to lock them away forever. I can pity them, but not excuse them.
2006-07-19 02:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by 13th Floor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sympathize with murders but not pedophiles. Because if i had children and the were raped I would probable kill the person who did it if given the chance. It’s as simple as that. Assuming your not talking about serial killers now there a completely different story.
I do believe they were tormented, beyond what anyone could understand BUT they are not true victims. They people and children serial killers and pedophiles hurt are the true victims. I think at one point they were victims, that they can blame allot of there wrong doings on a **** childhood, but in the end they decided to continue the abuse.
There are special rehabilitation programs, and sexual offender list in Canada to deal with pedophiles, however I believe theses people deserve to be separated from the rest of society, along with ruthless murderous. But, a person who commits a murder for the first reason I stated when I started writing this or something along those lines, I don’t believe the should be locked up for life.
I also believe if people want to help theses 'poor souls' they can, i don’t have a problem with it as long as the poor souls stay behind bars. i also have a problem with hearing on the news that some re-peat pedophiles are on the streets after serving a ridiculously small sentence, when criminals that for instance rob a bank get more than double the sentence. What do you think the gov is watching out for our safety or there money?
2006-07-19 09:37:49 · answer #2 · answered by addicktv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've been a past counsellor for sex offenders. my take is somewhat different from the rest of society. the answer is yes to the questions. i agree that some offenders have gone through some extraordinary personal experiences. this is not to say they will not take responsibility for their actions. they do. and they are victims as well...i don't know about 'true victims' because if you've been harmed your a victim. i wouldn't necessarily rate one victim any less or more as a victim than the other. i believe that they should have a 'chance' to get better, and maybe not 'another chance' to live life as before their actions, ie supervision would be necessary. absolutely more funding needs to be channeled for services to this neglected population.
2006-07-19 09:29:45 · answer #3 · answered by gurrrly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,
because no one is above the force of their environment.
That saying "Walk a mile in a man's shoes" doesn't even get close. No 2hr movie, no 5-book series could explicate all the reasons, desires, tortures, and tangents that make up a person.
God is a fiction and so is "free" will. To become better people we must understand the other.. Or what? be the nomadic solipcists till the end of time? We must understand that horrible conditions make for horrible people. And we can only ever make the conditions better to make OURSELVES at last human.
2006-07-19 12:56:49 · answer #4 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sympathize with murderers or pedophiles? Pedophiles are conniving, scheming, evil people, who hurt children for self-gratification. They should be isolated on a small island in the middle of the ocean with bread and water dropped in. As far as murderers, the same thing applies. And, they are not "poor souls," they are a cancer on our society!
2006-07-19 09:39:45 · answer #5 · answered by Kay_Zoo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but the problem is that the jury system is so unreliable. In Illinois the governor commuted the death sentences of everybody on death row because DNA tests showed 30 % of the people convicted and sentenced to death could not possibly have committed the crimes they were convicted of. And in Cal a guy who spent 28 years in hard time prison for rape and murder was recently freed when DNA evidence showed he, too, could not possibly have committed the crime he was convicted of. As I see it, killing innocent people is murder whether a mad killer does it, or whether the State does it. And we all have that blood on our hands, it is a very serious matter, exactly like the fools that yelled for Jesus' blood. So never support the death penalty or any politician who does. Your immortal soul is at stake.
2006-07-19 09:09:14 · answer #6 · answered by jxt299 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly no sympathy or empathy from my side! For that matter each person can come up with excuses (always pointing to the tormented past) for their present behavior! However I also believe that each person is capable of change if they really want to. Studying the behaviors of people in Psychology was fascinating, but its always hard to maintain a purely clinical outlook! You tend to feel sorry, but I also say that that person has made a consious choice, and has to live by the consequences!
2006-07-19 09:09:45 · answer #7 · answered by fabby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don`t. They should be arrested for the rest of their lives.
It`s too dangerous to give them another chance, especially in the case of pedophiles.
2006-07-19 09:07:01 · answer #8 · answered by Paul Atreides 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can, even admire them in a way, with those who have fought their urge all their life and have won. It must be a though fight, have you read "Lolita" or "Lovely bones"?
Those who turned up to be too weak and gave in - should not be given another chance.
Sorry, life is not fair.
2006-07-19 13:21:43 · answer #9 · answered by Feniks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the time this happens I think it's too late to help them.
2006-07-19 09:04:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋