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Mr. David

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4. It is true. I think the stigma stays with the person as long as that person is on the list.

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 31, 2013, 01:20 PM

Jul 2013

To continue to be "punished" after that person has served his time and is fully rehabilitated, is not fair. It should be reserved exclusively for true sexual predators.

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Woman outraged that sex offender neighbor not on public database [View all] The Straight Story Jul 2013 OP

I'm with the woman on this one. The guy raped a child. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #1

If you read through the comments, he was 14 and she was 12 Xithras Jul 2013 #13

OK, that does make a difference. But I think I would still want to know, in this case. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #15

I'd have a bigger problem with the face that it was rape, and not the age of the victim. Xithras Jul 2013 #16

Sex offender registries have proved more harmful than helpful overall. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #2

Don't rape children. Problem solved. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2013 #3

Nor rape anyone else. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #5

How much sympathy am I required to maintain on behalf of people who rape child? Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2013 #6

So I know a rapist is next door but not a murderer? Idiotic! n-t Logical Jul 2013 #18

List both. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2013 #27

WTF? What state lists murderers? n-t Logical Jul 2013 #30

I didn't say they did. I'm saying I'm not opposed to listing violent felons, sexual or otherwise. nt Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2013 #31

It is true. I think the stigma stays with the person as long as that person is on the list. Mr. David Jul 2013 #4

There is no rehabilitation from an actual sexual predator Pelican Jul 2013 #7

Cognitive behavioral therapy and group therapy actually do work. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #9

The "just shoot 'em all!" mentality just makes things worse. Dash87 Jul 2013 #19

+10000 NuclearDem Jul 2013 #8

If you had kids, would you do anything differently if you knew a child rapist lived next door? Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #10

Me thinks thou who protest ---errr up above...have no kids. trumad Jul 2013 #11

darn tooting. loli phabay Jul 2013 #14

Easy solution: don't leave my kids unsupervised around strangers and tell them to be cautious NuclearDem Jul 2013 #12

I don't want to sound like a dick, but... sofa king Jul 2013 #17

Wait, why can't we have mugger and car thief lists? JVS Jul 2013 #20

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #21

Oh, I see what you're getting at. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #23

He asked a question and I offered a solution joeglow3 Jul 2013 #26

No, you blatantly misrepresented what he was talking about. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #29

Why should she decide how much I know about the risk my neighbors pose to my car? JVS Jul 2013 #24

So, u believe in an all or nothing solution? Black or white? Zero tolerance? No thinking involved? joeglow3 Jul 2013 #25

Maybe you should do less assuming and answer my question. JVS Jul 2013 #28

Depending on the state, year, and specific study, SOs have a recidivism rate of anywhere from NuclearDem Jul 2013 #22