Originally Posted by zteccc

I also believe they need psychiatric help. We agree on that. I simply think that making them criminals doesn't get us there. Making these people criminals gets them in jail or in prison or fined. There aren't laws against (most) perversion simply because making them criminals simply cannot help them.

People either want to change or they don't. If they don't want to change, no amount of laws or counseling will change them. If they do, they'll likely seek their own counseling. I believe it is reasonable for them to be prosecuted for breaking and entering, but prosecuting someone for having different tendencies is not going to solve things, likely it will make them worse.

By the way, we don't prosecute people because they might do something. Yes, someone who practices S&M might eventually commit rape, but we cannot arrest them or prosecute them for rape until they attempt it because we don't know that they will, only that they might.

Let me ask you the following about the law against necrophilia:
1) Is it a sexual crime?
2) Who is the victim/injured?
3) What is the damage done?
4) Should it be a felony or a misdemeanor?
5) What should the sentence be? Remember, we're talking about crime here, so counseling is not an appropriate sentence, only incarceration (which can include counseling) or fines.
6) What is the threat to or negative impact on society (generally with laws about morals, they are passed because of a threat to or negative impact on society)?
7) How should it be enforced? In other words, should the police be able to look into someone's bedroom who they suspect of practicing necrophilia? What evidence would the police need for a warrant? Should cameras be set up in all places where dead people are commonly found (e.g. morgues, funeral homes, etc)?

It isn't that I'm supporting necrophilia. I'm against adding more laws in general and specifically ones that cannot show a great benefit.

-- Jeff