I am amazed with all this anger in this forum..
Sweet music to my ears, I just got done trying to convince Nelson and ndrs that such was the case.
I would agree to you, rape is unforgivable in most cases.
But you have to remember, that the people who do these things, do them because of their impulses/instincts. Most people can control it, some people can barely do it. Add the effect of friend support. Isolating everybody who is weak, would require a whole state.
I doubt if the punishments for rape have a big effect anyway. I think teaching people to control themselves better and similar things would help more.
Besides, if the punishment for rape would be more severe (life improsiment, execution, etc..), most rapists would probably kill their victim: nothing to lose for them, just easier to get away...
The story in the other thread was quite extreme? Also, what do you think of a man raping his girlfriend, or a man raping a girl on a date?