Tyhm wrote:
1) It shouldn't be a punishment.
2) It shouldn't be considered a punishment.
3) Those subject to it should not be considered bad people for being so "punished"
Never said it was a punishment. I said that there was no guarantee of it being
useful.But I disagree with you on #3. If someone admits that they wanted to molest my children (this is hypothetical at the moment, as I don't have children, but I plan on having children at some point in my life), I don't
care if they've gone through rehab or a twelve-step program or whatever the psychiatrist mandated. I
wouldn't want them around my kids, now or in the future. This may indeed qualify as "punishment" in your mind, but it is simple and realistic protectiveness in mine - and I doubt any good parent would or
should say otherwise.
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Three simple ideas, all intertwined. If a teacher who had pedophilic urges sought treatment, and another may have but keeps them to himself, which is safer alone in a room with Little Johnny? The one who "pseudoscience" has taught to count to three, or the one who still wonders what it'd feel like?
Neither is safe to allow in that room. As many threats should be eliminated as possible; that doesn't mean all threats can be (i.e. the unknown pedophile) but a known threat such as a self-declared pedophile should be.
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Your individual thoughts on the entirety of psychology aside, does it not show a strength of character to seek help? Or are you still weakly jerking off to A Brilliant Mind's core tenet that he's a hero for walking around untreated and a potential threat to all around him for years and years?
Perhaps, but I wouldn't say it shows more strength of character than would be shown by living a normal life despite what that person's sick instincts call for. But, again, I don't
care that it shows strength of character; if they have pedophilic impulses, I don't want them around my child(ren). End of discussion.
As for "A Brilliant Mind," I don't know what you're referring to, but that's certainly a charming way of describing my thought processes...
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If Jimmy has thoughts about stealing candybars that he can't control, he should seek help. He should learn to deal with these thoughts, because he damn well isn't learning it in Kindergarten. He SHOULD, we should all learn coping skills instead of the date of the magna carta, but that's a rant for a different thread. Jimmy seeking help, further, should not be a punishment. It's doing the right thing! People shouldn't be punished for being responsible!
If Little Jimmy confessed that he wanted to steal candy bars, I'd keep a close eye on him while he's in the store, regardless of whether or not he's been in therapy for it.
Also, it's an utter straw-man to compare stealing candybars with molesting children. There are light-years of difference in the magnitude of those actions, and in the proper responses to those actions.