Castrating rapists anyone?

When I first went to the United Arab Emirates, I could only arrive in country on a Friday. They took us to us to the public square just before sundown in front of the mosque where they dispense justice. The first case was a divorce which caused quite a sensation, the second case was an awful British pig who had been caught making and selling bathtub gin for the third time. The hung him upside down and beat the bottoms of his feet with a bunch of reeds tied in a bundle. It was pretty brutal but the guy richly deserved it.

The third item of justice was a Baluchi who had committed a rape. The family of the victim was allowed to dispense the justice. They sent out grandma with a bent and rusty scimitar to cut of the Baluchi's balls. The sharif took the sword and whacked it against his arm to demonstrate that the sword was completely dull and told grandmother to use his own sword. The perpetrator was tied down and his scrotum was placed in a vee shaped wooden guide so the sword would cut off his balls without cutting anything else off.

Grandmother raised the sword and (*)(*)(*)(*) near tipped over and several people in the crowd held her steady and she swung the sword, but everyone knew the swing was grossly inadequate. The Baluchi passed out and when the doctor inspected the damage, he declared that grandma would need to take another whack at it. They gave the Baluchi some smelling salts and had grandmother give it another try. The crowd started giving grandmother words of encouragement and offering tips like "Swing through the target!" and "Let gravity do the work!". Grandmother took another swing, and this swing was even more feeble than the first and it was obvious that the swing wouldn't be able to do the job.

The sharif told grandmother she was through and this was beginning to be cruel. The family of the victim and most of the audience pleaded with the sharif until he finally relented and agreed to let grandmother give it one more try, but he admonished her that if she wasn't successful, he would do it himself. The third time, grandmother grabbed the sword, jumped in the air and swung like a crazy person. The sound of the sword hitting the bottom of the guide sounded like Barry Bonds cracking a home run. There could be no doubt that there was success with this swing. The sharif realized that grandma had been sandbagging the first two swings and gave the family a written warning.

I behaved myself like Mother Theresa when I was in the Middle East. Hell, I busted a nut to be an exemplary citizen. The effect of the spectacle had to have a very strong deterrent effect on everyone in that town square. There is a reason that the crime rate is a fraction of what it is in the United States.

 

Screw chemical castration, I have a nice pair of bolt cutters that would work just fine.

But then again we are America, and we are bit weary of actually punishing people dearly for what they do wrong here.

Even child rapists get put in segregated areas of prisons as to not subject them to the prison yard politics of general population.

 

Its pretty sad isn't it? For some reason many societies just don't view rape as "that bad". I am still trying to wrap my mind around the audacity of protecting a child molester in prison from getting their a** kicked by other inmates during their pathetically brief prison sentences.

 

A rapist has harmed someone both emotionally and physically. Rape is an emotional trauma that which many never recover from. Most people will get over it if you steal their tv, most won't get over it if you force sex on them.

 

Yes, look at court cases in the past. Many more people are emotionally scared for life by being raped than are by being robbed.

Sex is an emotional thing to many people. Even if the rape doesn't involve any physical violence such as beating it still leaves emotional scars that do not heal in most cases. Even if the rape doesn't physically hurt, it still has unimaginable emotional damage to the person.

 

Even so, here in America an all conservative government wouldn't allow rapists to be assaulted and probably killed by other prison inmates. We as an American society care what the other side of us thinks, even if they didn't vote for us.

Me personally I'd run US prisons the same way many 3rd world nations run prisons. When you go to prison you have to provide for yourself. If you have no money then you starve to death. Too bad, shouldn't have went to prison. I wouldn't be spending 30,000+ dollars per year per inmate to keep these criminals housed and fed decently. Maybe that would deter some people from acting up in society. If you are on death row then you die, now. Not by lethal injection but by the same means as you killed your innocent person. If you rape someone, especially children, I would castrate you and let prison politics handle the rest.

But that's why people like me aren't in charge.

 

I wouldn't support gladiatorial games simply because its promoting violence. Violence in society is something we need to help rid ourselves of, not endorse.

But I have absolutely zero problem with getting rid of segregation units in prisons except for those who are truly trying to better themselves, IE former gang members who have denounced their gang.

But to protect someone because you KNOW they are screwed in prison? Not a chance. I think all inmates should have to wear a sign on their clothing that says exactly what they are in for. Let the prisoners deal with each other.