We could draw a similar comparison to another group of children that are in distress today. These are also children who are lured by some very evil beings. And, not only do they live in the cornfields of Nebraska, they live in the mountains of Colorado, the costal regions in Florida, and anywhere else you can imagine. The only difference is that these are the "children of the porn." These children are the ones who fall victim to online predators. These are predators whose sole interest is to meet children for sexual encounters or for the distribution of child pornography through out their network of the world's worst bottom feeders. Even with all of the hype and publicity that we have seen in recent years concerning this topic, this problem seems to be getting worse and worse. NBC's Dateline show, which spotlights these abuses, has shown just how determined these people are to fulfill their twisted fantasies. Some of the people who have been spotlighted on the show have been arrested on multiple occasions. It is not that they do not get the message; it is apparently more so that they are not interested in the message.
The perpetrators come from all walks of social and economic walks of life with a common theme of perversion that is insatiable. Personally, I am not concerned about what causes someone to exhibit this type of behavior. I will leave this up to those professionals who are happy to provide a reason, an excuse, or a justification that gives us a perfectly logical excuse for anything that a person might do. I am more concerned about what we should do to punish this behavior. I am more concerned about one child after another who is being victimized and traumatized all in the name of someone's slight neurosis.
In all fairness, the list of criminal offenses and the punishments available for those acts have improved dramatically over the past few years. Requirements such as sexual offender registries will at least allow parents to know where these offenders might reside. But, even with this requirement, there are still some who say that the law is unfair to this classification of offender. Is it possible that it might be time to tip the level of fairness toward the victims for a change? Maybe it is just me, but it seems that a person who knowingly and willfully harms a child should be of much less consequence, as to their level of comfort, than the child who played no voluntary part in what occurred to them and what may effect them for the rest of their lives. I suppose I am just close minded.
Another interesting debate is now on the table that would allow for a possible death penalty sentence for those who have twice been convicted of these types of offenses. The sentence is already available for jury consideration in five states across the nation. Some are already speaking out saying that this consideration is a prime example of cruel and unusual punishment. It is very interesting that the cruel and unusual argument was the first to be mentioned by those who think this to be a bad idea. Because if there is one thing that a child sexual offender knows; it is how to hand out cruel and unusual punishment. Children who are kidnapped, raped, and tortured also know a little about what is cruel and unusual punishment. They know of things that would make a Stephen King story sound like a fairly tale.
If the old saying of "what goes around comes around" happens to be true, maybe this cycle of real life "evil beings" is about to come full circle.
http://accesswdun.com/article/2007/10/84989