I have been following this closely. The chemical castration was added sneakily and in the last minute in the proposal to create a sex offender registry, by one representative who wanted to cause chaos. His idea was simple: to disrespect a deal that achieved by everyone in order to have political gain. The deal was just create the registry and nothing else. But, by sneaking the proposal for chemical castration, anybody who opposed would be seen as friend of pedophiles. This would weaken his political opponents. And, if the proposal passed, he would be seen as a hero. Some people indeed voted against the proposal and I expect Lula to veto it (although I don't think he can do it and, even if he tries, the Congress can turn the veto invalid). The people who voted against came under fire. The only exit for this is by destigmatizing pedophilia. Unless it is done, people will continue to use this kind of strategy for cheap political gain. The best way to do that is by making MAPs visible. I try to go for MAP visibility, at least online, but I wish more people did it. A lot of MAPs continue hiding. As for 2, there are many judges who refuse to convict pedophiles who don't use violence against the child. Not majority, but many. [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst] |