Take some fucking responsibility!

[Thumpalumpacus]

We require children to be inoculated before they're admitted to schools, for the safety of the wider population. Do you also oppose that?

You seem to have missed the "As punishment" part, which is an important factor.  And you're honestly comparing vaccinating children to castrating rapists?  The health benefits of vaccinating kids are one of the most settled issues I can possibly think of.  Punishment of rapists by castration doesn't seem to serve as any sort of deterrent, and it's cruel and unusual punishment.

So forcibly making changes to someone's body is okay if it isn't punishment? At that point, we have to examine whether the role of justice is to reform or to remonstrate. I'd prefer reform. I don't know that that is possible with sex offenders. I'm certainily against physical castration, because it cannot be undone. I have to look into the long-term effects of chemical castration before I can lay out an informed opinion. I don't know that it would be cruel.

I wasn't comparing the two actions themselves, either, but rather digging at the principle of forcible changes. I'm surprised I have to spell that out.

Both forcible changes are for the health of society at large. Outside of moral stance (which is of course subjective), what differences are there?