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I remember when I was younger and I thought de-stigmatizing pedophilia just enough to get people to get help before they act, it would be the correct action. As it saves one person from a dark path and numerous children from being hurt by them.
Then I realized that the camp of "destigmatize it entirely" was making headway way faster and doing so with intents very much not in the interest of protecting any children, and I abandoned any notion of it.
In an absolutely perfect world I still think we should try to catch them before they offend, and the prison system is built off the idea that even irredeemable scum need to be treated better to keep them behaving for the good of everyone else, and that thought crimes are not real crimes to be destroyed over.
But we don't live in a perfect world, and until we do all pedos deserve the rope unless they are man enough to get the help on their own even through the risks, and even then they should be watched.
You can't rehabilitate someone who lacked the self-control to refrain from molesting kids once.
They virtually all molest kids again when they get out. Judges know this when they release them.
As I said to the other guy, I didn't mean rehabilitation I meant complete prevention.
There are probably 3:1 pedos out there who haven't molested someone yet. And if we could keep that yet from ever happening, its worth its weight in gold. No matter how distasteful people find it, and how much it denies them their lynch mob boners, keeping pedos from touching kids should always be Priority 1 in all categories.
And if lowering the immediate attacks and screaming any of them admitted to being such before they hurt someone, granting them the ability to seek help to keep themselves from succumbing, then we should do that.
The prison comparison is because they learned a long time ago that that even the most disgusting rapists and murderers need some incentive to behave themselves, instead of just being kicked and spit on every moment because of how reprehensible they are, even if it would be justified. They get benefits like TV time and little meals for good behavior, because the alternative is they just lash out wildly because they will be condemned either way.
But again, its a useless idea because bad actors are far more active in that camp and are actively using it to rape more kids. And I won't risk more kids for theoretical prevention.