Which is worse? And, how would you choose to punish someone guilty of these?
Which is worse?
Option #1: Traditional physical or sexual abuse of a child?(Kicking, Burning, Molestation) Option #2: Medically abusing a child? (Injecting feces into a feeding tube to make the child sick or scrubbing the child's skin with oven cleaner to give them an unexplainable rash- btw, these are documented real occurences)
And, how would you choose to punish the abuser?
I need as many answers as possible since this is part of my research for an essay I'm writing for my composition class.
There is a major difference between these options... Option #1, is generally caught and punished, while Option #2 can end one of three ways: The abuser is caught (usually years after initiating the abuse), the abuser moves on to a younger child when the original gets old enough to "tell on them", or the child dies. Also, 98% of the abusers in option #2, is the child's own mother. I'm not asking to be disgusting!
2007-08-15 18:32:13 · 6 answers · asked by Jennifer M 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
We've got this weird obsession with organizing things "bad to worse" or "good to best," when in fact, things can all be EQUALLY horrible. Especially situations of suffering. Just as it's unfair to say "I suffered more from the loss of my dad than you suffered from the loss of your sister," so it is with abuse--it's all awful. Don't try to measure it. Just uncover and punish it.
In these cases? To the fullest extent of the law, every time!
2007-08-15 18:42:17 · answer #1 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I think my answer would be much different than a great majority of your professors. Both are horrible. Time for our country to stop being so politically correct and administer punishments that will scare even the next sicko enough to stop him or her before they start!
2007-08-15 18:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by muddawg200798 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really couldn't say which one is worse since they are both horrific.
As to what I would do to these people? I can't say on here because I would get reported, you can only imagine what I would do.
2007-08-15 18:39:53 · answer #3 · answered by Michelle My Bell 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
anyone who hurts a child intentionally in any way should be locked up forever if not death penalty
and im sorry you have to write such a disturbing paper
2007-08-15 18:40:58 · answer #4 · answered by jes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you kidding? its a tie!!! they are both awful and damaging to a soul. as for punishment, why wait on law enforcement,...burn at the stake!
2007-08-15 18:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by bears~N~angels 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No abuse must be made against children.
2007-08-15 18:41:18 · answer #6 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋