Reply #72: Are you sure?

[qwlauren35]

I hate the label sex offender. You never have any idea of what "crime" the person committed. It could be that he touched someone BY ACCIDENT and the parents were overzealous. It could be that he slept with someone he met in a nightclub (or a prostitute - who would know!) and she turned out to be underage. It could be that his girlfriend was angry with him. Or worse still, his "girlfriend's" daughter doesn't approve of him! It could be that he was a kid of the wrong color, who was sleeping with his girlfriend, but her parents didn't like him.

Do you KNOW that he was a dirtbag? Or are you assuming because the law labeled him?

If the kids even remotely knew, I'd call it a hate crime. But our society has decided to vilify ALL people based on a label. "Sex offenders are ALL recidivists! Bullsh*t.

I know too many people who have this label slapped on them injustly and their lives are made into a living hell, just because they don't have enough money to get a good lawyer... or they have broken a "taboo" such as interracial dating.

We are too quick to judge, and too quick to hate.