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I believe it violates their right to bodily sovereignty.
They should be locked up, where they do not present a danger to society.
Their bodily sovereignty will be violated a lot more harshly in prison than it will from the use of a medicine.
1069 said:i do not believe they should be subjected to these drugs that alter their bodily functions.
It does not matter that they've robbed their victims of their bodily sovereignty.
That's what violent criminals do. It's a crime. That's why they're criminals.
It's not what governments should be systematically doing, however.
What if the criminal offers to take it in exchange for a more lenient sentence?
1069 said:To me, this is similar to the idea that we should sterilize women who abuse their children.
Many people on this board would no doubt support the idea. i do not, for the reasons outlined above.
Lock them up, take their remaining children away from them permanently. Whatever.
Don't go systematically diddling with their bodily functions.
There is a difference: Sterilizing women who abuse their children will not in itself stop the abuse.
1069 said:If we're going to "chemically castrate" rapists, why not amputate the arms of a guy who strangles somebody?
After all, that'll stop him from ever doing it again.
His crime was not motivated by the fact that he has arms.
1069 said:Amputate the legs of a guy who kicks somebody and severely injures them... or at least sever his spinal cord, so that he becomes a paraplegic. How about that?
Extract the teeth of somebody who bites another person in a drunken bar brawl and takes a chunk out of them.
Their crimes were not motivated by the fact that they have legs or teeth.
1069 said:I'm just saying, i can see where this sort of "poetic justice/ eye for an eye" idea is appealing to some folks, although it doesn't appeal to me at all.
But the salient point is that it won't prevent a single rape.
It won't lower the rate at which rape occurs.
It won't even stop these particular convicted rapists from sexually abusing others.
The evidence seems pretty strong that it dramatically reduces recidivism rates for these kind of crimes.