Thread: Tell me about your most controversial view.

My most controversial view would probably be that a human being who molested and killed a child (or did something similar) keeps his intrinsic human value and has not only a right to live but also a right to psychiatric help. I also believe that this person should be forgiven if he changes, and in that case, should be given the right to live happily and peacefully after reintegration into society, with no time spent behind bars *just so that he would be behind bars*. His psychological constitution when he committed the crime aren't relevant for whether he deserves treatment or not.

It is kind of idealistic, but there are enough people out there who would lock up a child-molester lifelong even if there was a 100% foolproof way to change him to the better. And to me that would be inhuman. So this is only my theoretical opinion... I don't actually have the practical side covered.

PS I also believe that a mass-murderer and a terrorist do not deserve death or pointless imprisonment, but treatment, independent of whether they can be deemed psychologically sane or not.