[AnotherUnixGeek]

Castrating an adult male is not going to change his desires - the pedophile is still a danger to kids.

[goodnesswins]

Exactly...relative of mine was a court reporter who had to sit thru many a pedo hearing. She said same...castration does nothing...it is about power.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Yep. Surgical removal of their heads from their shoulders would be just as easy and absolutely certain to prevent further pedophilia.

[Dutch Boy]

Decapitation would work better.

[Antoninus]

Castrating an adult male is not going to change his desires - the pedophile is still a danger to kids.

His urges may be stifled by fear. That's how it worked in the old days...

In that year [A.D. 528] some of the bishops from various provinces were accused of living immorally in matters of the flesh and of homosexual practices. Amongst them was Isaiah, bishop of Rhodes, an ex-praefectus vigilum at Constantinople, and likewise the bishop from Diospolis in Thrace, named Alexander. In accordance with a sacred ordinance they were brought to Constantinople and were examined and condemned by Victor, the city prefect, who punished them: he tortured Isaiah severely and exiled him and he amputated Alexander's genitals and paraded him around on a litter. The emperor [Justinian] immediately decreed that those detected in pederasty should have their genitals amputated. At that time, many homosexuals were arrested and died after having their genitals amputated. From then on there was fear amongst those afflicted with homosexual lust.

[Source - Chronicle of John Malalas, 6th century AD]

[wildcard_redneck]

If you cut off a pedophile’s penis then at least the gratification of sexual penetration is denied to them forever. No child deserves to be raped.

[caww]

It might discourge them from trying to act on their impulse.

[dljordan]

“Castrating an adult male is not going to change his desires - the pedophile is still a danger to kids.”

It will sure sharpen his focus.

[beef]

I think a packagectomy would certainly slow a pedo down. As with the death penalty, I would in principle be in favor of at least giving it a try. But given the sorry state of our politicized injustice system, I think our government no longer has the moral authority to do such a thing.

[metmom]

When they discover that, they can then move on to the appropriate response of just executing them.