"...they ALWAYS re-offend.......so FORGIVE me for standing up for what I believe is right....."

 

Some interesting data and expert opinion:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/crimoff.htm#recidivism

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11164933/#storyContinued

not that data will change anyone's views on such a charged topic - we believes what we believes and so it shall be.  Germany went through a traumatic experience with Nazism and to this day bans anything that they feel glorifies or promotes that sick philosophy.  Still, skinheads and fascists seem to be enjoying a new resurgence there.  It's much easier to attack bogeymn and scapegoats than it is to solve the real problems that plague society.  Bannine faeries isn't going to reduce pedophilia any more than burning Mein Kampf is going to eradicate fascism but it makes people feel better I suppose.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken