Thursday 22 February 2007

Sterilise Paedophiles Petition

The petition is entitled Sterilise Paedophiles and all sex offenders and the explanatory notes read
"Why should the human rights act protect these people, when the ones needing protection are the innocent victims and the future victims of these monsters when they get let out on licence. Where is the sense of jailing motorists and non payers of council tax and letting these people free. We must act on this one now!!"

To be honest, from the rarefied perspective of mostly only interacting with other people of the woolly liberal persuasion, this looks like a spoof. Can anyone really believe that sex offenders are being "protected" by the Human Rights Act at the expense of victims and future victims? But on the other hand, it's not quite outrageous enough for a spoof, and I'm left with one big question for the petitioner ...

How, exactly, do you expect sterilising anyone to help? Well, OK, someone they rape in future isn't going to get pregnant. I don't think that's really protection, is it?

If you're going to petition the PM, not only (see previous posts) does the title of the petition need to make some sense, but you really should have a thorough plan, not something nebulous which won't actually help.

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