[Rictor]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=429490&in_page_id=1770

Sex offenders could be forced to have hormone injections under radical plans to tackle crime being considered by Downing Street.

Strategists think the injections - effectively the "chemical castration" of sexual predators to suppress their urges - would help prevent attacks.

What a bold, brilliant plan! Thank you Tony Blair and New Labour for taking such progressives measures to cleanse the human filth from our perfect society. Know that the people and government of the Third Reich stand with you and applaud your visionary efforts.

edit:
I tremble with excitement just thinking about how many future Alan Turings will be subdued by the steady hand of public order.

[aldo_14]

It's the Daily Mail; whilst I wouldn't doubt the governments capacity for stupidity, perhaps it would be best to find a reputable source rather than a racist, xenophobic tabloid with the editorial standards of a swamp?

[Centrixo]

lets face it the idoits in the 2 houses are complete idoits. they dont have a clue at what there doing, when tony blair is gone, its upto gordon brown to change things, but i dont even think he will do anything different. welcome ot the united kindgom government.

[brozozo]

lets face it the idoits in the 2 houses are complete idoits. they dont have a clue at what there doing, when tony blair is gone, its upto gordon brown to change things, but i dont even think he will do anything different. welcome ot the united kindgom government.

Quoted for truth.

[aldo_14]

Well, that's why they're 'idoits'.

To be fair, the HofL has done a decent job with regards to things like 90 day detention; or at least, the best job you could expect.  It's strange that an unelected anachronism seems to have more interest in defending democracy than the elected government......

[Unknown Target]

Wow.

You guys would be perfectly justified in having a rebellion.

[WeatherOp]

You guys are right, chemicals are just wrong,

They should be using scissors.

[Janos]

Daily Mail?

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[Ford Prefect]

Comparing this to eugenics isn't quite accurate. Regardless of one's opinion of these measures, the goal is not genetic filtration, but rather to prevent individuals from committing sex crimes. I'm not in favor of it, but "eugenics" didn't exactly pop into my head when I read this.

[spartan_0214]

Nice, pink T-shirts in Switzerland for sex offenders. Europe, you will never fail to amaze me with your overly-enforcing governments...

[aldo_14]

Wow.

You guys would be perfectly justified in having a rebellion.

And yet, oddly, I'd rather live here than the US.

ACtually, I'd probably most want to live in Spain or something, but I don't speak the language

[an0n]

What you have to bear in mind is that the government tends to consider everything.

There's always ideas like this floating around and they have to do studies and research them just so they can say they've been discussed and found to be unviable.

Like I bet we've got contingency plans for if France ever launched a nuclear attack on London.

[spartan_0214]

Like I bet we've got contingency plans for if France ever launched a nuclear attack on London.

Plans? Plans? Those we finished a looong time ago...

[Turey]

Like I bet we've got contingency plans for if France ever launched a nuclear attack on London.

Psst! Canzel ze attack! Zey're on to uz!

[Wild Fragaria]

Interesting proposal.  Do they have some research data to support that?

By the way, scissors are very interesting proposal too.  What about scissors plus chilli pepper?

Sorry, can't help it

[aldo_14]

As a sidenote, apparently several US states have, or have experimented with, chemical castration.  For example, California has mandatory castration for 2nd offencesfor paedophiles.  So I'd imagine said strategy unit is floating these proposals...these ideas, at least partly with an eye on California.  It is the nature of government, unfortunately, to bow to the mob (such as is led by the likes of the Daily Mail, oddly enough - they'd be the type to support castration of Romany gypsies; after all, their founder was an outspoken supporter of Hitler and Mussolini).

[Turey]

As a sidenote, apparently several US states have, or have experimented with, chemical castration.  For example, California has mandatory castration for 2nd offencesfor paedophiles.  So I'd imagine said strategy unit is floating these proposals...these ideas, at least partly with an eye on California.  It is the nature of government, unfortunately, to bow to the mob (such as is led by the likes of the Daily Mail, oddly enough - they'd be the type to support castration of Romany gypsies; after all, their founder was an outspoken supporter of Hitler and Mussolini).

If that weren't so sad, I'd laugh.

Here in California, chemical castration is the last thing sex offenders need to worry about. Go google "Prop 83" or read about it here.

[Getter Robo G]

Damn, it's both sad and retarded. I read most of those posted comments and man those people are assinine, they don't even know what the **** they are talking about. One or two seem to have a clue.

Let me know when the revolution starts, I got my sword ready to get all "Dark Ages" on the clueless...

[Ulala]

[Centrixo]

Damn, it's both sad and retarded. I read most of those posted comments and man those people are assinine, they don't even know what the **** they are talking about. One or two seem to have a clue.

Let me know when the revolution starts, I got my sword ready to get all "Dark Ages" on the clueless...

would you care to name, names?