So what are you saying, Optium? All I see is reasons why we should pity child molesters as victims of themselves, in spite of the fact that it takes a lot of thought and effort to get into a situation where you're sexually abusing someone; that people who say sexual abuse is worse than death, including Ashley, are lying because otherwise they would've killed themselves; that, contrary to what probably anyone touched by this crime will tell you that stealing the innocence of a child is worse than killing someone.
The punishment isn't harsher because those who enforce the laws are like you. They don't understand. They have no comprehension of what it takes for someone to molest a child, and no comprehension of what damage it does. You're trusting some general notions and a societal ignorance rather than those who know what damage it does, knows the mind of a child molester, and even those who have experienced it. You're pretty plainly saying "Those who are ignorant to this issue understand it better than those who are very aware of it and those who have been a victim of it."
