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I don't particularly care whether they are born that way, or not.
The damage to one child for the rest of their life trumps the finer feelings of an adult who violated law, societal code, the trust of a child and everything else good and decent.
I don't particularly care whether they are born that way, or not.
The damage to one child for the rest of their life trumps the finer feelings of an adult who violated law, societal code, the trust of a child and everything else good and decent.
You're missing the point. No one is saying that their feelings trump a child's safety. It's actually the opposite. By understanding that they are BORN this way, we stop letting them out to offend again. They cannot be rehabilitated, and the more who understand this, the better the chances of never letting them out of prison again.
He was also a member of a local popular Bluegrass band ("Uncle Fudd") so I really think that the police need to look into every single place that this band traveled to throughout the years. If the neighbors hadn't seen this occur, would he have gotten away with it? Has he gotten away with it in the past??
After I posted this thread, I went to read some information on David Westerfield, as I used him as example of someone who had no history of violent crimes or crimes against children.
Apparently, in the case of David Westerfield, they did find what appeared to be some images of either child or teen pornography amongst his huge computer porn collection. There was debate in the trial as to whether the photos were actually of people who were underage.
This would be consistent with what I have read about those who abduct and then rape/murder children- this urge begins with fantasy, progresses to heavy porn use (as its a way to indulge the fantasy without having actual contact with a child) and eventually the person feels they cannot be satisfied by "simply" fantasizing about the act, but must engage in the act.
The debate wasn’t just whether the people were under 18, but also whether those photos were even pornographic. The "child porn" evidence included some ordinary family photos of a teenage girl sunbathing in a bikini. Danielle van Dam was only 7.
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