2 years for raping prepubescents

[meredith101]

Doubling it is hardly much better, is it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/70411 41.stm

what the hell?

4 years for that? They'll serve 2, get out, be poorly monitored, then re-offend, and there'll be some kind of 'inquiry'.
How is this 'justice'?

[Reverandfunk]

But the poor men probably came from broken homes.

Once a nonce always a nonce chemical castration or hanging

[meredith101]

lol, I do think you hit the nail right on the head. 'Once a nonce always a nonce' is not the way it's seen, otherwise they would be more carefully monitored on release, but I do think what you say is true. As it is, they are put on a register that stops them working with children. So what? Is that protection?????? These people did not just decide to commit some 'evil act'. They acted according to what they ARE. The government is not facing up to this risk.
Anyway, I'm still confused about the 'doubling' idea. How do they figure '4 years' is right for this?

[Reverandfunk]

The majority of these people cant be helped, Im sure the majority of sex offenders reoffend.

Segregation in prison is no good as they are in with like minded pervs they can swop stories with.

Only solution is to take away the urge and castrate them, when they commit these crime they lose their human rights

[paulos66]

If ever there's a case for vigilante justice...

[China Doll]

The girls lied about their age.

I'm not justifying it... I've yet to see the 15/16 year old that looked 10 and the blokes should have known better anywhere. This is statutory rape. The lighter sentence may have had something to do with that.

However I think the more worrying issue should be that of a society that robs 10 and 12 year olds of their innocence so much that they think nothing of lying about their age in order to have sex.

[Reverandfunk]

I agree China hence high street retailers selling 8 year olds thongs with bite me on them

[China Doll]

Well if you agree how can you then call the blokes involved 'nonces'? It's not necessarily the case is it?

Stupid and sexually immoral definitely. 'Nonces'? Can't say I'm convinced of that.

[Reverandfunk]

Yes a nonce.

I would call a 26 year old trying to pull a 16 year a nonce

[China Doll]

Oh... and castration only takes away the ability to do something about it. You'll still have urges..

[China Doll]

What about if the 16 year old looked and said she was 18?

[Reverandfunk]

I saw a programme a couple of months ago where a bloke had castrated himself (honestly) and he said it took away all urges. Im sure that chemical castraction takes away the urge

[paulos66]

Rev, what about a 27 year old with a 17 year old - is that the same?

[paulos66]

And thanks to China I now believe my comment about vigilante justice may be redundant

[Reverandfunk]

to me personally yes. I know it may seem old fashioned but when i was 27 I was going out with 27 year olds not hanging about outside school gates

[paulos66]

Rev, when does it become acceptable then, how old does the woman have to be before you consider the age gap irrelevant

[Reverandfunk]

Paulo, personally I still class kids to be kids until 18

[China Doll]

I don't disagree with that... well I think 18 is a little old to still be treated like a kid but that's down to individuals... anway...

What I'm saying is there is a grey area. If a blokes in a club and gets chatting to a woman who says she's over 16 and there's nothing physically about her to suggest she's otherwise and they go home for some rumpy pumpy; next day he finds out she's under 16.

Who's at fault there?

See... grey area.

[Reverandfunk]

China I dont disagree with you, but personally I think that a 25 year old bloke who trys to pull a girl who is 16 or appears to be deserves whatever he gets