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Court Rejects Suu Kyi's Appeal • France To Chemically Castrate Sex Offenders?
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
10/02/09

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Do the offenders still get chemically castrated if they've won an Oscar?
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EkaterinaBallerina
10/02/09

@HeatherNumber1: Hah, my thoughts exactly. A lot of people in France jumped at the chance to defend Polanski, an admitted sexual offender and child rapist, and now this? I am confused.
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CurtCole
10/02/09

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I'm looking down at the ground today telling my state, "shame on you," being from Texas provides you with your own unique brand of guilt.
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Lymed
10/02/09

@CurtCole: Isn't it a step in the right direction if the state is willing to grant a divorce to a same sex couple?
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CurtCole
10/02/09

@Lymed: I don't know, how can you grant a divorce if you don't recognize it as an institution? Very confusing.
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desertbloom79
10/02/09

@CurtCole: I'm taking the positive view. Would it have been better had he said "No,you can't get a divorce because you aren't married."?
I don't think so. He has essentially recognized their marriage as legal and that opens the way for same sex marriages to be recognized in the state.
I'm not a lawyer though, so any Jezzie lawyers out there feel free to weigh in.
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Dodgergirl
10/02/09

@CurtCole: I honestly wonder if Texas has gotten themselves in some (awesome) trouble here... I wonder how recognizing a type of marriage only in order to dissolve it fits in with the 14th amendment and full faith and credit. I'm curious if there's any case law that covers something similar-- like maybe divorces between interracial couples in a state where that was still illegal? [/took undergrad con law a year and a half ago, so stuff is fuzzy]
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Lymed
10/02/09

@desertbloom79: The judge ruled that banning same sex marriage violates equal protection under the law, so he did say their marriage is legal in Texas and that is why they can get a divorce. But it is just one judge and it will be appealed.
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Brigit
10/02/09

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Honestly, chemical castration (which is temporary) for pedos and repeat sex offenders is good by me.
They should also undergo some of the therapies that are proving useful to decrease the amount of pedophiles who act on their attraction, and the amount of rapists that offend again.
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Vulcan Has No Moon
10/02/09

@Brigit: Temporary? If a drunk drive killed and maimed a person/people, you wouldn't have any problem taking their driver's license away permanently, why would you have a problem taking away pedophile or rapist's fucking license away from them permanently?

Chemical castration can be got around with hormone replacement therapy. Surgical castration is a bit more difficult, if not impossible, to overcome in most cases.

"Physical castration appears to be highly effective as, historically, it results in a 20-year re-offense rate of less than 2.3% vs. 80% in the untreated control group, according to a large 1963 study involving a total of 1036 sex offenders by the German researcher A. Langelüddeke, among others [8], much lower than what was otherwise expected. Compare to overall sex offender recidivism rates."
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Brigit
10/03/09

@Vulcan Has No Moon: The heck? Pharmacologically speaking, chemical castration is temporary. It works as long as the patient takes the medication. It is a statement of fact, not an opinion.
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YourScreenplaySucks
10/02/09

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French PM Francois Fillon said today that he is considering enforced chemical castration for sex offenders.

I smell a compromise.
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Blueberry26
10/02/09

In reply to Court Rejects Suu Kyi's Appeal • France To Chemically Castrate Sex Offenders?
I see how poor living conditions can drive someone to steal again. But sexual offenders? I'm not so sure about that.

On the other hand, I don't think anyone should have to live in "deplorable living conditions", no matter who they are or what they've done. By virtue of being human, they deserve the dignity of food, water, and a clean, dry place to stay.
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Lymed
10/02/09

@Blueberry26: Poor living conditions don't excuse somebody who acts again, but it can increase a person's likelihood because of the emotional stress. Or what if the only thing keeping somebody from acting is the fear of returning to jail? If that person is living in deplorable conditions, jail might not be that bad a thing.
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Dodgergirl
10/02/09

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God, the gays are just ruining the sanctity of divorce. DIVORCE SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
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Lymed
10/02/09

@Dodgergirl: Next thing you know, gay penguins will be flocking to Texas to get divorced.
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Gavagirl
10/02/09

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And now Gov. Dick Perry has to say that he does not support the divorce of this unhappy gay couple. The combined irony and hilarity may cause me to explode. :-D
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poires et poireaux
06/03/09

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They don't make perceived troublemakers like they used to. In my day, we would have been armed with slingshots and cap guns.
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hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE
06/03/09

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five girls...
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willwriteforfood
06/03/09

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Cute photo, but I'm waiting for the tanks to roll.

I just read the NYT photojournalists' blog on the man who stood in front of the tanks at Tiananmen Square and it's making me sad all over again. I remember weeping while watching the news 20 years ago, seeing blood flow in the streets.

I'm sorry to be such a killjoy, ya'll. I think I should step away from the computer for awhile. :-(
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ellaesther
06/03/09

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Well, thank heavens that Tiananmen Square thingie worked out so well, huh? What's that you say? Oh, yeah....
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nellicat
06/03/09

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No, I said "Line up some advisors"!
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Snowbunny
06/03/09

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That little boy is THRILLED with his fate.
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save jinger
06/03/09

@Snowbunny: That little girl in front of him has no idea that her friend is exposing her panties to an international audience.
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hfree
06/03/09

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They're wearing those visors with fans!! Can't stand the cuteness!

(although the caption makes me a little sad.)
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Penny
06/03/09

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...the train won't delay.
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