When a human being takes the life of another human being there can be a number of consequences - the obvious ones being the immediate loss of a life, the impact on the family and friends and all the knock-on effects that might have. In extreme cases you might end up with an escalation of revenge and ultimately war, but that's fairly rare. Make no mistake, taking another life is a serious matter. However, when someone sets out to corrupt a child, they not only kill the innocence of that individual, but there is also a high risk of that corrupted child adopting the ways of those who corrupted them as a way to cope with what was done to them. In this way Paedophilia spreads like a disease in a way that murder doesn't, it grows like cancer until its corruption fouls the very air we breath and the stink of it reaches heaven itself. This is made all the worse because it is hidden and the brave ones who have tried to speak out in the past have been silenced by fear of reprisal or not being believed. As a society we need to treat those poor souls who have been corrupted by child abuse as both victims and potential abusers themselves - not to punish them, but to help them overcome the corruption that has been done to them. If we don't acknowledge this aspect and tailor the help we give accordingly we are unlikely to completely stamp it out. However, there are those who revel in the power of corrupting a child. These people are beyond our help and we need to send them on to their judgement by a higher authority. I see no reason why people who relish corruption should be allowed to continue to pollute our planet. Paedophilia is a plague upon our planet and it needs to be stopped.