Korea Vs Castration! Fight!

[dv8nation]

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/03/116_132250.html



All sex offenders will be subject to chemical castration regardless of the age of their victims beginning March 19, the Ministry of Justice said Sunday

Comments

[comeonyouspurs]

Disturbing is the right word.

[sophia_sadek]

The use of chemicals to effect medieval punishments is something that has become way too acceptable in the West. Chemical lobotomies have been effectively portrayed as "treatment" for "disease" rather than presented in their full cruel glory. I would prefer to see an effort to determine what factors go into the making of a sex offender and attempt to address those issues rather than cripple the poor sap with drugs.

[lantean_breeze]

I'm not sure that I would call a rapist a "poor sap," but I understand your point.

[sophia_sadek]

People who are degraded to the point that they commit sexual violence are in a sad and pathetic condition. There was a sexual predator living in my neighborhood during my childhood. The adults suspected that he had been abused by his uncle. It is often the case that abusers are the products of abuse.

[lantean_breeze]

It is often the case, but not always. Also, there are a lot of people who have suffered abuse that don't then become sexual predators or other kinds of abusers. There is such a thing as choice.

[dwer]

massive infringement of rights.

[lantean_breeze]

If the evidence is beyond a shadow of a doubt (like it was caught on a security cam with DNA evidence or something), then I'm all for it. For trickier cases where the evidence is sketchy or it's his word vs. hers, then I'd go with just jail time if there is enough reason to believe that the crime was committed.

[kylinrouge]

"Beyond a shadow of a doubt" used to be achieved via 'hair experts' that would match hair at the scene of a crime to the suspect's. Once genetics came into play this was found to be a completely unscientific procedure and locked up a lot of innocent people. So yeah, legally the term means something different than what we think it should mean.

[lantean_breeze]

That's creepy. Needless to say, methods matter. Yikes!