Sunday, 26 October 2008
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If a paedophile saved your 6 year old daughter from a burning building......
If a paedophile saved your 6 year old daughter from a burning building, would you still hound him or her out of society?
A question from the chat board...
That's an extremely good question. I honestly don't know. First of all, I would be eternally grateful that someone, anyone, saved my kid. On the other hand....why did he save my kid? Sometimes people do good things only to help themselves. A known paedophile that everyone hates might do something like that in order to try to make everyone stop hating him. And that could be because he has truly changed but it could also be because he wants to be a "hero" so everyone will let their guard down. Surely someone that would risk their life to save a kid couldn't be a bad person anymore, right??
So if a paedophile saved your kid, what would be a "proper" reaction? I guess it would depend on several things...what were the circumstances in the rescue? Was the the guy in the house with the kid already (that would raise a lot of questions!) or was he just walking by and heard the kid screaming? How long has he been (or is he) in treatment (hormone shots, therapy, etc.)? Has he already paid his debt to society? Was he a repeat offender?
And on another note...can a paedophile ever really change? Can they be rehabilitated or do they need to be kept away from society? I guess thats one of those things we'll probably never truly know...
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If a pedophile is roaming the streets as a free man, chances are they went through the rehab stage or haven't been caught doing anything (in which case, you wouldn't know s/he's a pedo.
In either case, the person shouldn't be hounded out of town. When a person has done their time, it is against the law to hold their crime against them further. Megan's Law allows people to be informed of a pedophile living in their area, it does NOT give the public permission to hound the person about it and, once again, it is actually against the law to discuss it with the person.