I don't know about using the term "loosely". I do however hope that
FuglyStick and
blahblah454 wouldn't castrate the kids in
this thread had they been found guilty and labelled sex offenders.
As far as that goes, not everyone is equal. There are certain measures we implement like age (adulthood) and mental status to gauge whether or not one can differentiate between right and wrong. Court comes in here.
This method properly used, would in fact solve a lot of problems. I say enforce it on sex offenders of a certain degree.
Manic, This can't seriously be akin to a shotgun to cure headaches or going after a mosquito with a hammer. This is appropriate.
Sex offenders have the argument behind them that "My brain made me do it" which is true. Remove the cause of this and we have a solution.
(According to the article, of course.)