I’m all for locking up every single convicted pedophile – I don’t think they can be cured in the majority of cases and obviously, keeping kids safe is incredibly important.

What I don’t get is why it is considered no big deal to describe in detail how one would like a pedophile to be punished. There are Facebook groups dedicated to this that make me shiver. Yes, pedophiles are dangerous, they have probably destroyed a child’s life, and I don’t like to think about them. But does it really help anyone to imagine them tortured? How? Do you think hate can help the children and parents involved to heal? Is it just a way of showing support? Or is it something entirely different, which I am not even thinking of?

Again: I do want pedophiles locked up. I am not advocating compromising kids’ safety, please understand that. I couldn’t bear to put any child at risk, we are (hopefully) all in agreement there.

Topics: children, justice, safety, child abuse, society, torture