[Blitzgal]

Originally Posted by myq

Question: do you have stats on chemical castration and recidivism in pedophiles? Or where do you have the impression that it has not been effective.

The main problem seems to be in making sure they continue the treatment, so point taken. The only study that I could find on men who'd been chemically castrated was from 1983 and they self-reported that they had lowered feelings of desire.

But just as in other mental illnesses that require medication, if the patient goes off their meds, the symptoms return. I was easily able to find several news articles online in which a convicted child predator raped again years later because he'd gone off his meds. There was even a case in Illinois several years ago where a child predator wearing one of those GPS tracking devices on his ankle was able to go out to a local park and rape a little girl without the authorities even realizing he'd left his house. So I have doubts that solution would work (they've suggested it in WI where I live).

Originally Posted by myq

Also, about the prevalence of kiddie porn, I don't know how familiar people are with Doug Stanhope's bit about it, but (to paraphrase), he talks about how people complain about how prevalent it is, but that he's never actually found it online, and he's looked for lots of shit, and found lots of other crazy shit, so (something like) "if pedophilia is happening as much as people think, then cock-fingering is happening in this room right now."

In the past year in southern Wisconsin, they've arrested at least five men in possession of kiddie porn, one of whom had a van stuffed full of digital and physical images as well as used children's underwear. I respectfully submit that Doug Stanhope doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about. Pedophiles are molesting kids and then sharing the spoils with each other and the internet facilitates it.

Originally Posted by myq

It seems to me that the answer to the real big question here is impossible to do anything but speculate about: will fake kid porn help fewer kids be molested? Either way, it's a risk.

I don't believe it will. Fewer pedophiles will help fewer kids be molested. And that's not me saying they should all be killed. That would be impossible anyway because for every one who gets arrested there are twenty out there hurting kids. My molester was never arrested, because I never reported it. But she has MS now and is living in agony so I feel karma has taken care of it for me.

Also, isn't that an argument that people float for all rapists? That porn will help relieve them of the urge? Considering how prevalent rape still is, I doubt that it works that way. (I say this as someone who does not have an objection to porn as long as everyone involved is a consenting adult)