ferris, that was a fantastic post. I had no idea you were a cop, that makes your perspective so much more valuable on things like this. You gave me a lot more to think about. Unfortunately a lot of people are too soft hearted to even consider giving the death penalty to such sexual deviants. One of my fields of study was sociology, so I have studied a lot about human behavior, and you are right, you don't change something so deeply rooted in a person as their sexuality. This is something developed at a young age, from that point on it is for the most part hardwired into their brains.

I would be interested to know what you think of the death penalty in cases like Timothy McVeigh?

"Whew, hope I didn't ruin ya'lls day with this rant. Sorry, I just have to let it out occasionally."

Not at all! Please feel free to rant in here anytime you want. I started this thread half in jest, but I truly hoped it would develop into some decent discussions, hopefully with out the circular meandering the global warming thread eventually succumed to.

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Zombie: "But you could brainwash and control them to either engage in homosexual activities, even if they are not truely homosexual, or refrain from heterosexual activity."

In such a case, are they even really themselves any longer? That sexual deviance will always be there, tucked away some place. I know it is a very hard morality question, and not something to be taken lightly. When an animal attacks a human, it is always put down. If a wild bear attacks a person it now knows the taste of blood and will now inevitably do it a second time. This bear is now always a threat as long as it lives. There is no changing it. However, there is a distinction between human and animal, I don't feel this is something to be debated. But what is the cost of keeping this man around? How many lives has he already ruined? And how many more does he have the potential to ruin? If he is rehabilitated, reintegrated into society, and one day reverts back to his old tendancies, was it worth the effort to reintegrate him only to have him ruin another life several years down the road?