[piltymon]

I think that we should realise that with all crimes there are different levels of intent(mens rea), different levels of criminal behaviour and often there are mitigating circumstances(reasons for the offence). The law is not as black and white as people tend to think, far from it. You cannot say that a father who swats his son on the butt to get him to move a little faster should be punished the same way that we would punish an abductor that molests and murders a strangers child. Chemical castration may remove all sexual urges and indeed be a good idea as long as we are sensible. Paedophillia abhors me like it does a large amount of society. You don't let murderers off scot free but you also don't jail innocent people. Enough innocent people have been sent to jail to show that the legal system is imperfect. There will never be a clear cut answer to this topic and, people opinions will always differ. May I respectfully suggest that we leave it to the experts to decide? After all that's why they are called experts!