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According to Steve Colbert, Oregon would be part of Canada.That is what the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is, anyway, as he says.
Oregon isn't mapped dammit!
According to Steve Colbert, Oregon would be part of Canada.
I so wholeheartedly agree with this. It's a complete injustice that sex offenders (but no other felony offenders) are required to register. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to live near one, but if you are going to require one sect to register and expose them to potential danger from freak vigilantes then you damn well better require them all to register. I am not going to be less upset if my child is murdered because some asshole murderer didn't have to register.
Apart from that, I am vary wary of the label 'sex offender' because I think it's largely a way for reporters to inflame the public and make 'hardhitting' news during slow news cycles. When offenses are described, it's slightly better. But I know someone who will forver be a sex offender, required to register, because he slept with his 17 year old girlfriend after he turned 18, and her parents were furious and had him prosecuted for statutory rape. He had to serve jail-time because the judge was trying to 'make a statement' with his case. So now . . . I am wary of things like this.
I think the sex offender databases have serious flaws, mainly because of things that easjer mentioned. Most people don't take the time to sort out the facts behind why someone is on the database to begin with. But I don't think adding other felony databases would help even things out. How would knowing that your neighbor robbed a bank 15 years ago make you or your child any safer?
Lock the damn windows and doors with every lock imaginable...he may steal my damn computer.
I don't want to get into too much of a debate on this, as I believe it is purely personal opinion and neither side is completely right or completely wrong, but I like the fact that sex offenders are listed, provided that their crimes involve children (there is my caveat).
A drunk driver, bank robber, etc. is not mentally "ill," and chances are that he or she will eventually grow out of the phase, or learn from it. A sex offender (again, the caveat being with children) is, in my opinion, permanently mentally ill. There is some fundamental, and unchangable, chemical or mental inballance if a grown adult commits a crude or licentious act with a child. And that being the case, it means that the afore-mentioned sex offender is capable, and likely, to do it again. The best way to protect oneself is to first acknowledge the situation, and from the prospective of a parent (I am not one- speaking hypothetically), I'd like to be aware of the potential harm towards my children.
I agree with you Samr about liking the fact that sex offenders are listed. I hope my post didn't come off as looking like I thought they shouldn't be listed. I just think there are flaws in the listing system and many people are on there who shouldn't be.
I can't wholly disagree with you. However - there is no evidence that these people are any more or less mentally disturbed than a murderer or drug dealer, and that they couldn't be rehabilitated (yes, I'm aware of the recommision of crime rate) with proper care as murderers and car theives are. So unless you are going to register everyone, I think it unfair and against civil rights to register anyone.
That said, these are sick people I don't want around me or my kids. But there are a lot of mistakes and mistaken iden ies. And what about all those pervs living by schools? That is almost always against the conditions of their parole or probation, but nothing is done to move them.
I'm not usually a fan of civil rights (being a registered Republican and all - unless you want to take my gun of course) but this is one that I think is unfair and should be an all or nothing proposition.
There is one in my Apartment Complex. Luckily on the other side of the complex but still pretty ty. I dont know if you guys saw this before but I worked with this guy and he was wanted a week after he quit. Here is the video of the story again in case you missed it.
http://www.woai.com/mediacenter/defa...video.woai.com
Love the avatar with your comment!
Wow, I have 12 of them living around my house, Elementry School, Middle School and High School.
There is one of them in the Rose Garden in Portland!
There are a load around my house. Luckily it's all little girls they were after. I have nothing to fear.
D'oh!!
I was waiting for that response.
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