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Re: Is this ammunition against Sex Offender Registration?
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Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:34:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> Is this ammunition against sex offender registration?
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> http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest/01/16/sex.offender.ap/index.html
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> Will law enforcement step up to protect this man's rights?
It's these sort of actions that force these [mainly] guys underground and to
coalesce. If society believes that these offenders can return to the community,
then I think we should try to rehabilitate them rather than make them social
pariahs. However, I've all but given up expecting rational thought on this
issue when all we seem to get in the UK is tabloid scare-mongering and public
hysteria.
The reality is that Children are most at risk from those they live with
[especially the dominant male of house] and not "strangers".
The UK does not publicly name sex offenders [instead they are asked to register
with police and are subject to “home” visits]. Recently a tabloid tried to
start naming sex offenders in response to a high profile child
abduction/murder. The result was that a few offenders were reported to have
been forced underground and lost contact with the police. The low point of that
episode was when a small mob mistook a “paediatrician” for a “paedophile” and
attacked her house - which pretty much sums up the level of the debate!
More here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1709708.stm
On a related note about “naming & shaming”, I’m not sure what to make of this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2691013.stm
Scott A
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> I'm not saying that some people may not continue to be dangerous. I'm
> not saying that this individual will continue to be dangerous. We are
> supposedly ruled by law and the constitution, and law and the
> constitution suggest that vigilante justice is not right.
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> Note that I am glad to see that the police did in fact arrest the man
> who punched this individual. I wonder if he will actually be convicted
> of anything though?
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> Frank
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