That's horrendous, being able to search names to see if people are sex offenders..
I mean, that could lead to vigilante justice and similar, it oculd cost lives.

There's an argument in England over whether the sex offenders register should be open for viewing by the public, but it'd be terrible, it'd lead to murders for christ's sake

Yeah, people can enact their "vigilante" justice --- at the cost of going to jail for the rest of their lives, in company with the same type of people they felt proper to enact said vigilante justice against.

I'm not quite sure how I feel about such freedom of information either, but our prison systems are filled with countless amounts of individuals who didn't think sensibly and reverted to Machiavellian "end justifies the means" (killing someone to take a sex offender off the streets) or "eye for an eye" justice. As I stated in my opinion in the prison topic, people who feel it proper to use violence in order to "solve" perceived problems deserve incarceration.

We can be angry, we can be indignant, we can hate that person with all of our being, but being violent against them brings us down to their level and really serves to justify nothing except our own feelings.

By having this sex offender information, families/people can know who to be "wary" of interaction with for the sake of them/their children. In terms of such violent crimes, I'd prefer to know who was around me if they have been reinstated into society.

Last edited by Pirotechnix (2009-03-10 16:16:33)

I think Machine Head said it best in their song "In The Presence of My Enemies"

I never ask myself why injustice befell me
Accepted of the fact, try and live a life of peace
I'm not a violent man, but to those who'd threaten me
My enemy, for my family I'll show thee
Death I will fight you to
Wrath provoked you cannot bear
Our lives are not your toys
Mercy, not a drop to spare

You of destruction
Of hope's deconstruction
Kills

Innocence is lost when
The blood of innocents
Spills

I'm not a violent man, again I wish to repeat
But for every human that takes away a child's innocence
Whether it by molest, or by all wars pointlessness
Killer of life
Corruptor of all that is pure
I want your nose to break
Shattered under clenched fist
Smash face to concrete
Taste the asphalt's gentle kiss

You of destruction
Of hope's deconstruction
Kills

Innocence is lost when
The blood of innocents
Spills

To those that are to blame
Destroyers of every dream

Breaking of hatred's wings
Mars' phoenix begins fading

To those that monger war
Claiming that this is to even scores

This mantra I invoke
No longer this fear will
I choke

There's no peace for the one who can't know peace
Your every breath it only lives to take
Someday the earth you will descend
Not a regret I'll harbor in
Tearless my eyes
Flowerless my hands

And that day when your moment is fleeting
That thought keeps my heart beating
When they lower your casket down
Bitter the sweet within my mouth
Ender of life
Corruptor of all that's pure

On Your Grave
I Will Stand

Last edited by Sturby (2009-03-10 16:23:02)

Luckily (and surprisingly) there aren't any near where I live. Well... registered sex offenders anyway...

I think this kind of freedom of information is important. It tells you who you shouldn't let babysit your kids.

Also, the site tells you WHAT the people were accused of. It tells you whether the person actually raped someone or not.

Yes, I think the information could be misused, but then again, so could most information.

And if you're 18 and have a boyfriend/girlfriend who's 16, what's stoppin' you from KEEPIN' IT IN YOUR PANTS for just two more years? Is that so hard (no pun intended)? Not to be crude, but just masturbate for chrissakes. And on the subject of peeing in an alleyway... I don't think that'd get you convicted for indecent exposure. Intoxication is an extenuating circumstance.

yeeeeeeeeah... good luck with that.

felis20 wrote:

.And if you're 18 and have a boyfriend/girlfriend who's 16, what's stoppin' you from KEEPIN' IT IN YOUR PANTS for just two more years? Is that so hard (no pun intended)? Not to be crude, but just masturbate for chrissakes. .

Hormones prevail over all.

It's possible to resist the temptation in a situation like that, but when you're an 18 year-old-raging hormone-induced kid, you have a condom/are on birth control and (like 95% of all teenagers) could care less about the sexual age limit...

Last edited by ShadoCrytr (2009-03-14 21:10:01)

Okay, finally someone else that actually pays attention to that. I've heard so many people say "I could care less" rather than the negative. So I thought that's how you said it. But apparently not? Oh well. I won't do it again, anyway...

Honestly, I think the entire idea of an age limit on sex is pointless. I'm not trying to encourage under aged intercourse, but if people want to have sex, they will have sex. It's like putting a law on breathing. People do it their entire lives (only weirdos and non-humans don't), and yeah, maybe you'll catch more than a few people in the act... but what is the point of a law that prevents absolutely nothing? That's why there is no age restriction on purchasing condoms. Business owners have caught on, why haven't politicians?

Besides, if the various age limits were taken away completely, I sincerely doubt the amount of under aged pregnancies would increase drastically, if at all.

Last edited by ShadoCrytr (2009-03-14 21:28:40)

There is an age limit so people don't take advantage of the naivete of the underage/stupid.

Though I do agree with your point. I'm 16, and I'm smarter than most republican politicos twice my age .