Is a pedophile considered insane by society?
We do not accept rape as insanity why should a similar act with a
child be ascribed to sanity? Just wondering about other peoples
impressions of this?
regards,
Ian
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 09:41:32 -0500, you wrote:
>Marco , David L
>
>[David]
>> What useful purpose is there in labelling someone sane or insane?
>[3WD]
>While I would agree with you that labels can be socially detrimental they also can be very useful.
>If I need a doctor, dentist, or auto mechanic to try to find without some kind of short hand label
>becomes very tedious. And as Marco illustrates this is also very socially useful in your instance.
>[Marco}
>The press defined him as pedophile (i.e. insane).
>[3WD]
>Given this boy's age, in the US, even though he is allege to have brutely murdered another person,
>it is quite possible that he might be charged as a juvenille and in 10 years or so (at 27) must be
>released back into society. (Average actually time spent in prison for 1st muder offense is US is 7
>to 10 years)
>Assume that he gets the very best of counciling, but pending his release both he and mental heath
>evalutators are convinced that back in society there is an extremely high probablity that he will be
>a repeat offender. But by law he must be released. In this case the label of PEDOPHILE (ie insane)
>is the only choice that society has to protect it's children. Because there have been numerous
>cases just like this in the States this is why there is a growing trend to pass sexually offender
>laws which make this information widely available to the public. While this does permanently label
>and separate those type of individuals, as societies, short of excecution, we have found no other
>way of dealing with this type of reality. It may not be nice but it is USEFUL.
>
>3WD
>
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