UPDATE Man Faces Minimum 1 Year in Prison for Bringing Manga to Canada On His Laptop

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xcot said:

I think we'll just have to agree to disagree :)

and in relation to your last point, its true that therapy isn't punishment in the conventional sense. However i feel its a similar scenario to a law that was overturned here recently in the uk. The police now get rid off the dna records of people who were found to be falsely accused of rape. Its really a double edged sword. Keeping their dna records on file would be beneficial for society as would sending people who may be considered to have paedophillic thoughts to a therapist. However if the person hasn't done anything wrong, then for the convenience of society shouldn't everyone have their dna records on a database so police can find rapists more easily. Its similar in this scenario, surely everyone should get counselling for every 'bad' thought they have? I think its unreasonable to tell people that the way they're thinking is wrong, and as someone mentioned on an earlier page, if it doesn't affect anyone what harm does it do?

Well, there a difference between someone who was falsely accused of rape and someone who clearly shows signs of being a paedophile. Keeping those people's DNA records added stigma a sort of stigma, which would not exist if everyone's DNA records were kept. Whether such a thing should be done is a topic for another thread.