You can’t expect people to want legally sanctioned monitoring for people known to have terrorist affiliations, or people that have made threats to other people, and not have the same thing for people broadcasting that they are pedophiles. Terrorism is illegal and so is pedophilia. I am not saying that "evil" should be spray painted on his sidewalk, or that he should be banned from grocery stores. However, knowledge about such a person living amongst your children is smart, and safe. If you were a wild rat, wouldn’t you know where the nearest owl slept? Certainly. It is a matter of protecting children from predatory adults. While there are pedophiles who do no more than look, most are not the "watching only" type. Any time you act upon a child or ask the child to perform an act on you that makes them feel ashamed or degraded, or even uncomfortable, you have done something wrong – you have done something harmful. The pedophiles who say, "I never hurt a child," are usually liars. While they may feel that having a young girl sit in their lap while they masturbate is not harmful to the child, I can tell you that sooner or later, she catches on. She feels dirty, ashamed, and like she did something to deserve it, and often seeks relationships and sexual attention that is inappropriate because of those "harmless actions."
If there are other comments, I have no problem posting them. Though your views are obviously very different from mine, I will censor your responses only if they have information that further promotes pedophilia. I do not advocate vigilante activity, especially against a "potential" criminal. You are innocent until proven guilty, after all. However, you can only expect so much slack when you are posting your thoughts and wishes to engage in illegal activites on a public forum. If I were to post a blog expressing great detail about a bank I had cased and was thinking about robbing, don’t you think I would get some legal attention? It works the same way. Breaking the law is breaking the law.
In most cases, I believe pedophilia is a mental illness. It is not a sexual orientation. There have been cases in nature where animals have sought same-sex partners or refused to mate. Show me a case that occurred in a natural setting where a sexually mature adult engaged in sexual activites with an immature member of the same species. When that happens on more than a .00001% basis, I may change my thinking. Until then, pedophilia is wrong and it is devastating to the child.
The person either has done something wrong or has not. In this case, nothing legally was done wrong, and therefore, nothing can or should happen to the person. In the case of ex sex offenders, they should be aloud to live free and not have to register or be recognized. They have served their time. Think about what this does to the families. Leave them alone.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1222311
What about what the pedophile did to the victim and their families? How is it that after serving 3-4 years in prison they have served their time but that child has to live with the consequences of the pedophile’s actions for the rest of their lives?
I also support changes to the sex offender registry, which I have talked about before. A true pedophile is not going to stop molesting children. A true pedophile also, in most cases, molests either their own children, or the children of others. Rarely do pedophiles molest children from both categories. Should a convicted pedophile who molested their own children be allowed to regain custody after serving time?
Clearly this is a topic of grave concern on both sides. Only one society comes to mind for supporting “childlove” and that is the Romans… They were insane because of the lead pipes, etc. And, we all know what eventually happened to the Romans…
He is stalking children – making sure the areas he frequents have children there AND TAKING PICTURES OF THEM. Maybe I am one of the radicals who believe (like some states are now making law) that people who molest children should face the death penalty.
As for the family members of sex offenders, what of the VICTIMS and their families – let’s stop victimizing criminals and start punishing them according to their crime – repeat offenders (THE REASON FOR REGISTRATION) should not get a slap on the wrist – they have FOREVER changed what that child’s life could have been. A child’s innocence and soul are ripped apart when they are victimized like that.
As for the CRIMINALS family, it’s unfortunate that she CHOSE to marry a sex offender, but she made her choices – unfortunately, (speaking from personal experience) some moms do not protect their children and chose to stay with the offender instead of safeguarding their family. They may deny allegations that he has raped his children, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened. In the case of protecting a child, or their parent’s rights, I am going to vote for the child everytime. Some people shouldn’t have children, especially if they fail to protect them.
Again – let’s start protecting the victims (past, present or future) and stop protecting the criminal (past,present or future).
In the case of ex sex offenders,
I’m sorry, but there is no such thing as an ‘ex’ sex offender. If you’ve been convicted (or committed) a sexual offense you ARE a sex offender period. The passage of time (or even time served) does not undo the offense/crime. That would be like calling someone an ‘ex- murderer’. HELLO! Does time served change the ‘fact’ that you murdered someone? Do they come back from the dead the day you are finished ‘serving your time’? If you murder someone you are forever a murderer whether you’ve served your time or not. Whether you do it again or not. If you commit a sexual offense, you ARE a sex offender. Whether you serve your time or not. Whether you do it again or not. The day you do it (murder, sexual offense, etc.) is the day you add that character to the essence of who and what you are. The day my first child was born (or conceived as I believe) is the day I became a mom. If my children were to die (heaven forbid) or grow up and move away, do I become an ‘ex-mother’? When my husband retires from his job and is finished “serving his time” does he then become an ‘ex-firefighter’? I could quote a bunch of bible verses at this point but I refuse to use the Word as a weapon against the defenseless.