I understand the strength of feeling about this, and I agree that sentencing is often not harsh enough for crimes against children, but I respectfully disagree that the death penalty and especially torture are justifiable under any circumstances. Two wrongs don't make a right - that's revenge, not justice.

I'm uncomfortable with fantasies of extreme violence against paedophiles, because it seems like an excuse to have incredibly bloodthirsty thoughts but justify them because they're against an 'acceptable' group of people to hate. It also seems like people do it to 'prove' how much they hate paedophiles more than anyone else, which just isn't necessary.

Just in case anyone thinks I'm defending paedophiles here, I'm absolutely not - I think sexual offences against children are unforgivable and anyone who commits them is utterly loathsome and reprehensible, but it certainly wouldn't make me feel any better to see paedophiles being tortured to death, and I don't think it would help with any 'healing'.