[Question] Castration for Rapists

[Butch Hannan]

Some poor white woman was found in the bush outside Middelburg, murdered, raped and tied to a tree. Nobody deserves to have this happen to them. Given the very low prosecution success rate for crimes of this nature I believe that the punishment for this type of crime needs to change. My suggestion is that rapists should be castrated. The rapist should be castrated in one of our Government hospitals. The castration must take place while the rapist is fully awake. A recording can be made of his obvious screams. A sick crime deserves a sick punishment!!!!

[KimH]

Or, alternatively put said rapist in a room full of angry women.

[Sparks]

I will vote to handcuff him to a lamp post outside a shopping centre to be removed only when he can be certified dead.

[desA]

Castration should begin slightly below chin level, with a series of strokes, using a blunt hacksaw.

[AndyD]

Oooh, we're a blood thirsty lot today.

The punishment never deters the criminal from doing the crime. Look at the US, there's more people on death row that ever, lethal injection or the electric chair didn't deter any of them. What you guys are talking about is revenge, not justice. It might make you feel better but it won't stop the murderers or rapists.

[daveob]

Whilst my initial thought here was to string them up by the gadgets till they fall off, there is also another side to the coin.

Imagine if you will, that your blue eyed boy has a girlfriend. She sees him getting friendly with her best friend. So she's a vindictive little sh1t and goes out and "sleeps" with someone else, get pregnant, can't handle to ridicule and disappointment handed down from friends and family. To save face, she tells everyone that your boy raped her.

So, do we gather together the mob of angry townsfolk with pitchforks and march up to your castle, beat down the door and string him up ?

Just after he breaths his last breath she feels so bad and guilty that she admits the truth.

oops. too late. Johnny dead.

My point is this :
where do we draw the line.
Do we pass mob justice merely on the accusation of rape.
Do we pass into law that anyone convicted of rape is castrated ?
What about Johnny that was falsely accused and arrested by the sheriff moments before the mob arrived ?
And what about the violent assault and rape by a stranger ?
What if the poor victim makes an unsure identification of the assailant ?
So do we pass law that only violent assault, by a stranger, proven by DNA test is to be castrated.

I think that here's a classic reason why we have the law. It is not perfect. It doesn't always work. Buy it does at least usually provide some protection for those that actually are innocent.

Finally : Trust me, I have no qualms about digging a 4 foot hole in my garden for anyone ( incl family, friends, etc ) that lay so much of a finger on my little princess.

[adrianh]

I am all for public punishment. Once he has been found guilty we should all get together in the town square and watch how his nuts are cut off with garden shears. It might be crude but it will be damned affective.

[desA]

Chastity belt.

[Blurock]

My, my, but we are a bloodthirsty bunch!

Maybe not only criminals, but more people need to be castrated. Lets start with the big guy with the 5 wives and 35 children.

Should not have said that. The spooks may now be on my case.

[Just Gone]

Castration is cutting the F**kers balls and parts off so that it does not work again ............ that is not revenge - it is preventing it happening again ................. that guy in the Krugersdorp area that just admitted he kidnapped and killed that girl and then handed himself in and confessed to that and about 11 other crimes as well - I need half an hour with him !!!

[AndyD]

Rape doesn't necessarily involve the rapist using his genitalia. It's about him having the power and could just as easily be performed by someone who's been castrated. Therefore castration = revenge. I'm not saying revenge is a bad thing. It might provide a much needed panacea for the victim and the rest of society, I'm just saying it's revenge and rather call it what it is.

Edit
It's always interesting to see the reaction of people to a rapist compared to say a drunk driver who kills one or several people. In both cases the victims are innocent bystanders. Why is it that there's no calls for drunk drivers to be cut open as a public spectacle or maybe have their stomachs/arms removed so they can't recommit.

[Just Gone]

@ AndyD - yep you are right and sometimes castration would not work ............ but it would make some of us feel better
Yeah drunk driving is also a criminal offense and unaccetable, but ................. yeah this is a whole new topic .

[Newretailer]

I am glad to see the majority of viscious replies are from males

Rapists are normally serial rapists. I have read that castration do not stop them. They simply use another object. They should build more prisons an chuck them inside for life.

[murdock]

just to add some spin...about 10 years ago during my loose wild single days...i had many encounters with loose women...and boy i heard the line i dont normally do this on the first date...there were some many i cant even count them on both hands and feet.

anyway back to what happened...we went on a night on the town...cut along story short got back to my mates house...i climbed into bed feeling pretty wasted...and little more than just booze...so a female decides to join me...but here the catch she takes off all her clothes and climbs into bed with me and tells me she normally sleeps naked...so i mustnt try anything...yeah right...my hands were working faster than my brain at that stage...before i knew it we were performing better than they do in dirty movies...then she turns around and says stop...but at the same time takes a pillow from behind her head and places under her buttocks because she reckons i wasnt as well endowed as her ex...the next day she threated to go to the police and report me for raping her...am i guilty of rape? (excuse the deatials but i think they are relavant for you to make a decision) all the women who i have spoken to since about it say...its rape because she said stop...and if so why put the pillow under her buttocks...if she wanted me to stop...this still bothers me even though it was so long ago...am i a rapist who should be castrated and killed?

[AndyD]

Only you can be the judge. 'No' means NO. That said I would expect the woman to express her 'no' in actions as well as words.