pilchard "So the age for sexual consent in Portugal is 14. Do you think is ok/normal/healthy?" - well, without being too crude, a girl once she has had her first menstrual cycle, is ready for a sexual relationship. This is perfectly natural. In this country we don't see it as normal purely because that is what we are used to. To give a comparison, 50 years ago, homosexuality was illegal. 20 years ago, the age of consent was 21, then 18 and now 16.
naomi24"I've just had a quick look at the first couple of lines from the Home Office link Vic gave" - I think this says it all. If you only read two lines, and also don't read my original post, you will completely miss the point.
In my original post I state: Personally, I think I would accept the death penalty for convicted pedophiles in the high / medium-high categories.
I can't work out why someone would find a young child sexually attractive either. But it seems very obvious to me that there is something wrong with them. If there is something wrong with somebody - do you really think that they should be put down?
Personally, I think that they need help (and the link provided shows that a lot of the lower risk pedophiles responded to treatment and did not reoffend).
If you think that anyone who has a mental illness (because imho that is what it is) should be killed, then it is a slippery slope. I would like to see treatment and if this is not successful then lifetime incarceration or possible the death penalty.