Shakespeare's Sister wrote: » Huh? All Enda said was this isn't "guaranteed" to be a deterrent, and used the example of how the death penalty isn't a murder deterrent. Ok, his manner was condescending but what's points-scoring about what he said? And what on earth does this being a forum have to do with anything? Yeh it is a forum - so people will give their views. It being different to the real world or people not remembering it or people not caring (neither of the latter two are true by the way) - these don't change the relevance of what Enda has said.
moxin wrote: » Not the same, castration removes the urge for sex crime. Thats a good thing.
Roquentin wrote: » that being condescending and facetious on an internet forum, doesnt carry the same weight as in the real world, largely in part to the fact that we are anonymous. If i asked you to remember what a poster wrote one month ago, you will struggle. if i asked you to remember what a friend said face to face one month ago, you could probably remember this gist of the conversation(not word for word, but nobody can do that). I suppose the point is, that engaging in puerile point scoring replies on internet forums is utterly futile because A) Nobody remembers anything that is posted (try yourself) Based on A. nobody gives cares.
endacl wrote: » True. I was a little condescending. I couldn't help it in the face of so much daftness.
Shakespeare's Sister wrote: » Oh god it's disturbing the way people are so supportive of the hacking off of a man's genitals - no matter what he did (and he didn't actually do anything). I wasn't saying that critically.
UCDVet wrote: » This poor man couldn't control his genitals, and now, he has been relieved of the burden. I can't imagine anyone *wants* to be driven to the point of raping young women. That must have been horrible for him, and now, these people, his community, have helped to relieve him. Castration has been shown to be an effective treatment (not 100% - but very effective for most rapists). This guy will live a better life without the urges he can't control - and the future women he would have assaulted are probably safe...AND, as an added bonus, other people with similar urges will have another reason to try and resist them.
Shakespeare's Sister wrote: » Probably on a wind-up (you do that) but you're insulting your gender to insinuate there are men who can't control their genitals.
But the reality of the situation is that women have to be careful because guys are one way when they're hanging out and another way when they're horny or worse drunk and horny. That doesn't make what happened okay, but it is what it is.
When used on men, these drugs can reduce sex drive, compulsive sexual fantasies, and capacity for sexual arousal.
A 2005 study printed in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychology and the Law, found that between zero and 10 percent of sexual offenders who are surgically castrated repeat their crime.
Shakespeare's Sister wrote: » But lots can control themselves and completely choose to rape. And you don't know which type of rapist this man is.
anncoates wrote: » No pity for the rapist but you get the feeling that the animal urges of the punished and the punishers in these cases are somewhat similar albeit that the latter opportunistically exploits a pseudo - moral premise.
Shakespeare's Sister wrote: » Oh god it's disturbing the way people are so supportive of the hacking off of a man's genitals - no matter what he did (and he didn't actually do anything).
Cantremember wrote: » If you are trying to say that mob justice is just animal brutality trying to appear as justice, well just say that..
Shakespeare's Sister wrote: » And you don't know which type of rapist this man is.
Sir Arthur Daley wrote: » How many variation of rapists are there?
CollyFlower wrote: » Can anyone not see what is happening here? that guy wasn't castrated, if he was he'd be in agony on the floor
DeadHand wrote: » Barbarity followed by barbarity. Individuals and states are in some circumstances justified in harming or killing a person. But the malicious, deliberate mutilation of a human being is never neccessary, never justified. I'd agree that the penalties for rapes and sexual assaults in this country tend to be far too lenient but justice can be and must be served without going all Ramsay Bolton on people. At what point does the individual/state/mob become as evil as the person they are punishing? If they cross this point then what's the difference between them and the apparent villain?
Shakespeare's Sister wrote: » That poster said some rapists can't control themselves and just decided the man in this case was one of those rapists. I pointed out other rapists can control themselves but choose to rape, and we don't know which of the two the guy in this story is.
DeadHand wrote: » deliberate mutilation of a human being is never neccessary, never justified. I'd agree that the penalties for rapes and sexual assaults in this country tend to be far too lenient but justice can be and must be served without going all Ramsay Bolton on people.
kneemos wrote: » If someone's a rapist they obviously can't control themselves.
Shakespeare's Sister wrote: » Yeh, I was struck by how non distressed the guy looked (and standing up/walking) considering the worst thing that could be done to a man had just been done to him...
Yarf Yarf wrote: » India needs to find a balance between doing nothing and going to extremes. Either the police are doing jack **** about sexual violence against women or the mob are taking it into their own hands and carrying out a barbaric form of 'justice'. The police and government need to get their act together in that county and start dealing with this problem properly instead of sitting, doing nothing. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if there are people in powerful positions in that country that actually think there's nothing wrong with what happens to some women there.
UCDVet wrote: » What if it is the most effective means of preventing repeat offences? They've done studies, and it really is quite effective.
Shakespeare's Sister wrote: » "Obviously"? Well no, they can choose to force themselves on someone, or they can choose not to.