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Re: Here's a scary one
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:11:19 GMT
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In the UK, we do not name-and-shame as it is recognised that it can force
individuals underground instead of bringing them back into society.
Scott A
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz wrote:
> > In this article:
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> > http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/16/hamilton.child.support/index.html
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> > it is proposed that the government keep and publish a list of all
> > accusations of child molestation. While the intent to make it easier to
> > discover molesters is good, it has serious consequences for someone wrongly
> > accused. Already, it is kind of scary (as someone who volunteers with youth)
> > how easily one's life can be destroyed by a kid deciding to "get even" with
> > someone by making an accusation. To make these false accusations easily
> > searchable would probably make it impossible to recover from such an
> > accusation.
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> I'm down with publishing convictions but accusations? Not so much.
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> As it turns out maybe I'm biased, we had a recent situation where having the
> convictions published was a good thing as it got someone outed that really
> didn't need to be around kids nearly as much as he or she was. Sorry, no more
> detail than that please.
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| (...) I'm down with publishing convictions but accusations? Not so much. As it turns out maybe I'm biased, we had a recent situation where having the convictions published was a good thing as it got someone outed that really didn't need to be around (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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