Posted by cubbybear on November 24, 2004, at 23:46:44
In reply to Re: Frontal Lobe Tumor causes Pedophilia in a Man, posted by linkadge on November 24, 2004, at 12:30:55
> Would a sound scientific/neural basis for some our most shunned offendor's behavior be of any consolation to future courtroom sentencing?
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> LinkadgeI very much doubt if even the most unequivocal scientific explnation would elicit calm, rational, and conciliatory behavior among people who have been conditioned to react as they do, thanks to a society that's gone mad amid this generation's moral panic. They believe in their hearts that paedophilia is worse than murder, so solidly scientific explanations and words like "oxytocin" mean absolutely nothing to people who can not and won't be reasoned with.
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