Thread: What The Hell Were They Thinking ?

I don't see the point of any of this. The whole thread really. It's mostly a lot of huffing and puffing and pumped up indignation. Yeah -- people who do bad things should go to prison for a long time and once there, they shouldn't be coddled. Child molestors included. Yada yada.

But these days, it makes news when people get off easy. No one in the criminal justice system or any politician wants to be seen as a softy -- at least here in the US -- so there's really no basis for the notion that we're not being tough enough on crime. It just amounts to a lot of pointless fist-shaking.

I don't see the point of any of this. The whole thread really. It's mostly a lot of huffing and puffing and pumped up indignation.


This just happened to make our local news this morning. I'm sure that there are thousands of parents huffing and puffing, pumped up with indignation over it.


WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The first cases related to abuse by one of the nation's most prolific pedophiles are going to trial four years after a trove of pornographic slides and videos was found hidden inside his former Connecticut home.
Investigators say the late Dr. George Reardon abused hundreds if not thousands of children from the 1960s through the 1980s under the guise of a bogus growth study.
Jury selection began last week in the first of about 90 lawsuits against the Hartford-based hospital where Reardon practiced medicine for 30 years. The plaintiffs say the Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center failed to protect them. The hospital has denied that it bears responsibility for the abuse.
Reardon was an endocrinologist. He died in 1998 without ever facing criminal charges.

You've made my point yet again. You're looking at a particularly egregious case that happened over 30 years ago and acting like it's the norm. So, while the people actually involved may have reason to be indignant, it's pointless to hold it up as some example of what's typical. Obviously, the system isn't perfect, and the guy's dead. Too bad. So yes -- it's just more huffing and puffing on your part.

What's your point again -- child molesters should go to prison and when they get there, there should be no cable TV and air conditioning?

Would castration be an option ?
If the felon agreed to it.

My "huffing and puffing" is to point out the obvious that what we are doing or more like not doing simply isn't working. Our catch and release program only generates more victims, probably countless thousands that go unreported or unsolved. No, I'm not just saying no cable or AC, I'm saying that a conviction of child molestation should be a life sentence with no possibility of parole. That we we know at least this pervert won't repeat his crimes, ever. Instead we have a rotating door policy for the most heinous of crimes.

Obviously, the system isn't perfect, and the guy's dead. Too bad.

Isn't perfect? As far back as i can remember when a male doctor examined a female patient there needed to be a female nurse in the room. This was an entire hospital staff, hundreds if not thousands of kids and nobody saw or ever suspected anything? Are no checks put in place to protect the kids? So we just say "Too bad" and walk away? Not taking any lessons away from this?

They can not be cured, they will rape other kids. they should get life without parole, that is my point.

Neither your article nor your follow up rationale, Ditch, supports your premise that we have a 'catch and release program'.

Neither your article nor your follow up rationale, Ditch, supports your premise that we have a 'catch and release program'.

It is common knowledge that child molesters are released and commit their crimes again and again. You would literally never have to watch any national news not to be aware of this. This is their sexuality, their primitive sex drive. Studies show that they begin this behavior as young as 15. The one example of the doctor shows that one child molester is capable of molesting hundreds if not thousands of children given the right set of circumstances and position in life. If they are aware of this sexuality that early in life and begin this pattern in their early teens, what makes you think that they would not choose a career that put them in charge of young kids?

As far as our catch and release program, a simple search shows this...

A study conducted in New York concluded that the average person convicted of child molestation serves four months in jail and five years on probation. The average sentence for child molestation in Georgia is six years. In Rhode Island, one study conducted by Ross Cheit, a professor of public policy, concluded that between 1985 and 1993, 70 percent of individuals found guilty of child molestation served no prison time at all. Florida, on the other hand, has one of the most severe penalties, imposing a mandatory 25-year prison term for sex offenders. These studies demonstrate that the penalties for child molestation vary greatly from state to state.

Read more: Penalties for Child Molesters | eHow.com Penalties for Child Molesters | eHow.com

Originally Posted by Ditch

Neither your article nor your follow up rationale, Ditch, supports your premise that we have a 'catch and release program'.

It is common knowledge that child molesters are released and commit their crimes again and again. You would literally never have to watch any national news not to be aware of this. This is their sexuality, their primitive sex drive. Studies show that they begin this behavior as young as 15.

D__, I guess it's not so bad being a crackhead.

Duh!