Today's Denver Post tells us that the Colorado legislature bipartisanly approved a bill at the last moment, giving sex offenders three choices as to where to get their court-mandated treatment. Sounds very humane, right? We are for giving people choices in America, right? But, wait a minute. Let's ponder this a moment, shall we?
Let's set up a hypothetical example: one hundred sex offenders are given three choices of where to go to get their therapy. They visit each of the three. One "therapist," in order to capture the offender's dollars, gives the impression of being soft on offenders. The next "therapist" seems pretty soft, too. The third one says, "We believe there is no cure. We believe that as long as you are in the community, your behavior should be monitored. Any examples of self-centered behavior, lack of empathy, lack of humility, lack of honesty, or other distorted thinking patterns, will be confronted head-on by our group members." How many of the one hundred convicted offenders will choose the third therapist?
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There is in history an old old adage the society that turns it back on children and the elderly will not long survive. This refusal to punish those who hurt the most innocent and frail among us is as Vader would say most disturbing.
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