It seems to me that the quote I used regarding torture is timeless, dateless and relevant to any humanitarian, yesterday, today and tomorrow. If you are befuddled by that notion, then that says more about your lack of discernment than mine or Umberto�s.
The antithesis of your argument is that you are potentially advocating something which has already been bestowed upon the poor victims of such crimes, as one could consider that these children have in fact been �tortured� by the perpetrators. Who knows, perhaps the torturers were tortured once too. That is where the relevance lies in my initial post.
Quite what Eco has to do with paedophilia I am at a loss, and yes we all know about Ratzinger, so if you must berate someone, then why not pop over to the Vatican and induce those that be, to bring his past to modern retribution, rather than attempting to lecture moi.