@WildMermaid
You've misunderstood me. Of course he would have done it again. That was my whole point.
I absolutely, positively believe that there should always be consequence. Almost every single abuser was once themselves a victim, and somewhere on their path chose to identify with the abuser; usually I believe because they witnessed their abuser going without consequence, and then when they tentatively tried assuaging their own pain through being abusive (not always the case, but often) they discovered that they encountered no consequence (and in the case of some parents, they were rewarded.)
Being removed from society is, I believe, an appropriate consequence. I even believe that, at times, the death penalty is an appropriate consequence. In fact, what I said was that the lack of consequence to the perpetrator when his (or her, in other cases) offences were small was - alongside his own abuse - partially what created him as a monster in the first place.
What I did say was that intentionally putting someone into situations where they are intentionally tortured, rather than just restrained, is not justice, and is in fact contrary to the rule of law which enables any semblance of civilization to exist. Especially considering that many abusers came to BE abusers through their own torture/abuse experienced in childhood. It's a truism, but still valid: crossing the line and acting like them makes us into them.
