Strictly speaking, I agree with you; it is a moral and spiritual problem at its root. I was only trying to find a way to put these people away so they can't harm others in a way that would be acceptable to our "compassionate" society.
Vigilante justice feels right emotionally, but if we are to live in a country where the rule of law prevails, we must find legal recourse, if at all possible. I don't know why child rape is not a capital offense; it should be! Let's change our laws to protect the innocent for a change instead of catering to every whim of the accused.
Um. How soon after conviction?
I keep thinking of an acquaintance I met some years ago: Pastor Roby Roberson of Wenatchee, WA. He was one of some dozens of people accused and convicted of child rape -- only to be freed, one by one, as their cases were overturned. It was quite a stink in the press here a few years ago.
I think they are all out now. Alive.
I understand.
I am a doctor, and neither I nor any of my colleagues have any particular professional qualifications to bring to bear on this problem.
It is wrong, in an attempt to be "compassionate", to call something a disease which isn't-because it implies that the tools we use to deal with disease may work-and they won't.
Kill 'em, or segregate them for life-but don't call on medicine to do the impossible.