Using Wi-Fi for Child Porn

Debbye writes on Being American in T.O. and is as troubled as I am about a report of a man in Toronto who was stealing Internet access by wardriving and downloading child pornography. Debbye's take is that the incident "re-defines perversion" and that the penalty for the crime will be stupidly slight. I agree.

I've written time and again about pedophiles and the ridiculous penalties meted out when they are caught. There is no cure nor rehabilitation possible for these perverts and putting them back onto the street after a short or no prison stay just places children at greater risk. Hell, there are an unknown number that haven't been caught and it's unconscionable to allow them to walk freely in society once they are identified and caught committing crimes. Pedophilia should be a throw-away-the-key crime. Or at least incarcerate the scum until they're too old to act on their perversions.

A society has a responsibility to protect its citizens. In this day and age, more emphasis is devoted to protecting citizens from workplace discrimination than protecting children from brutalization and, all too often, murder. Children are citizens, too.