BBC: Italian bid to castrate rapists

[deadparrot]

Italy's far-right Northern League has presented a bill to castrate convicted rapists, after a series of rapes in northern Italy by suspected immigrants.

The bill says chemical or surgical castration of offenders is necessary to remove a social disease which is a threat to life and public safety.

But Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu has said crimes by immigrants should not influence policies on immigration.

The bill has been heavily criticised and is unlikely to be passed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4125566.stm

Granted, nothing will probably come of it, but I thought it was an interesting topic nonetheless.

[Beaver Tail]

1. Bad Idea

They will only find another way to feed their need for domination over others.

[Djinn]

2. pointless waste of time

chemical and/or surgical castration does not stop someone's ability to rape.

[Mz Pip]

3. While I can certainly

understand the emotion behind this, I would only support it if it worked. Other than that, lock the fucker up and throw away the damhn key.

Mz Pip
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