There are few things that one can assert today that is clear. Most of what you know and believe can change radically overnight, since we live in a time when nothing seems right and there is something hidden. But in my case, and many people, there are still things you can dare to say that it is entirely clear, but certainly never come to know.
One of these things is the fact that if It is true that everyone has the right to a second chance, in some cases it would be better that there was no such right. One such case is that of a person who has sexually abused a child. Political correctness and the Christian tradition tells us that however much someone has done wrong, you should always be the possibility of redemption. But in a case that has inflicted so much damage that has taken the innocence of a person without form and has been marked for life, you tend to think that the punishment to the offender should not go on forever. Pedophilia is not a criminal offense, everyone knows, so it should not be punished as a criminal offense, but as the aberration that is.
However, as I said, for very clear that we feel our ideas can never be sure of his immobility. I refer here to a few highly recommended films: Little Children ( Games Secrets in the Castilian translation; Todd Field, 2006) and The Woodsman ( Nicole Kassell, 2004 .) Both movies are highly recommended, especially the first. Both address the issue of pedophilia, but from the less original perspective: the perspective of the perpetrator, having it been released to serve his sentence in prison. Both offer interesting reflections on the subject, especially The Woodsman. In this, Kevin Bacon plays the lead role, that of the unrepentant pederast Walter. In Little Children sex offender's character is on a secondary level. But both offer a version of a pederast who admits his guilt, which is considered sick and makes every effort to change. Logically, no one makes it easy.
Both films are made and interpreted so successful that, seeing them, one can not avoid coming to feel empathy and compassion for the person in real life considered a monstrosity. When finished viewing each tape, with several months of each other, I found it impossible not to rethink ideas and believed strongly held beliefs. Pederast Can a victim himself? Can we believe in repentance? Is there a possibility that is able to control their impulses and can get in the end, redemption?
are questions left in the air, but the most important reflection that I would like to convey is how great is the possibility that a work cinematográfrica can get to remove everything that you believe and know.
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