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This story doesn't sit right with me.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Oct 21 '09, 10:40

The ability to force people to move like this bothers me, but the entire "registration" thing has never sat right with me.

If you want to keep these people away from the community, lengthen the incarceration.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/21356335/detail.html (www.clickorlando.com)

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Agreed. I also dislike that a myriad of offenses of vastly different degree all get the same label and restrictions. - TWuG Oct 21, 10:59 3
- There's also a difference between a serial rapist and the guy who gets a packet of kiddie porn uploaded to his computer when he's - Jim Oct 21, 11:11 1
  - Likely excuse! "I swear I was just looking for some Creed, officer!" -- nm - TWuG Oct 21, 11:14
- often, for life. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 10:59
how do you feel about all the Native Americans our govt. relocated in the 1800's every time we wanted land? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 21, 10:55 2
- Not the same thing. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:59
- "Pretty bad ... but at least we gave them some blankets." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:56
Yeah, that's a tough issue. - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 10:48 26
- Part of my dismissal of the lists are how non-realistic they are. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:57 5
  - I agree the system needs work. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 10:59
  - another thing, assuming some recidivists among them, I see the value of 90 plus in one spot versus being scattered around the city -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 10:59 3
    - although you run the risk of a slum, there. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 11:04 1
      - I'm going to be a bit harsh here, but its a mobile home park. How much worse can it get? -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 11:05
    - Which is spoken to in the article...and is a pretty valid reason. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:02
- There's a "not in my backyard" mentality here, where people want problems to simply go away rather than realizing they are your problem, too -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 10:55 19
  - and the all-too-common perception that these individuals are the lowest of the low, and have no value whatsoever. -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 10:56 18
    - I will concede that too many people are labeled 'sex offender', but for those correctly labeled... yeah, I don't know how one can get lower. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 11:01 17
      - the scarlet letter sticks, regardless of whether or not it was deserved. - znufrii Oct 21, 11:04 3
        
        Fire is the correct way. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 11:07
        
        Nah, but this nation has a problem with shooting those reasonably a threat to children. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:05 1
        
        Fortunately I don't subscribe to the common societal paranoia when it comes to those kinds of people. - znufrii Oct 21, 11:10
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        What Will said. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 11:06
        
        My rough description...those who violate others against their will. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:05 10
        
        Different states' laws vary few topics more than the definition of sex offense. It's a frickin mess -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 11:13
        
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        kiddie porn producers, yes. - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 11:12 1
        
        that does not sound less dangerous. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 11:12
        
        Those as well...... - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:12 1
        
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        but what if it is willing, yet an abuse of authority, like teachers who date students? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 11:06 3
        
        You figure those out when you come to them. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:07 1
        
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        the authority issue calls into question whether willingness can even be given in those situations. -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 11:07
The Economist did an excellent, excellent look at this problem earlier this year. One of my favorite things I read in that magazine. -- (link) - TFox Oct 21, 10:45 5
- *bookmarks for later* Thanks -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 11:09
- Very interesting. Thanks! -- nm - Guigue Oct 21, 11:03
- Wow, did they mean to mean to create a goatse as the illustration there? -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:48 2
  - ack! do not click on the first wiki hit for goatse if at work, or ever. -- nm - b. Oct 21, 10:53
  - probably. did you scroll down and see the second one? -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 10:50
yeah, move the damn bus stop -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 10:43
It's almost as if marginalizing people ends up making them desperate and pushing them back into crime! - Reagen Oct 21, 10:42 10
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  - When the law forces sex offenders to go live on the edge of society, it makes them harder to simply keep tabs on, sends them off the grid, so to speak - con_carne Oct 21, 11:08
  - It would be more along the lines of "I lost my home, how am I going to afford to eat, I know i'll steal money from this cashier..." - znufrii Oct 21, 10:59 1
    - One thing interesting in the Economist article is that it seemed to force some people to live in shady places - Guigue Oct 21, 11:03
  - not rape, but robbery and drug use. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:59 3
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      - to clarify - I wasn't implying that at all. The article made mention that a lot of them are drug abusers. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 11:05 1
        
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  - I kind of think it should be illegal to grant a license to an area already occupied by an offender. peeps, don't use your kids as human shields. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 10:58
- In a democracy where people get to demand stuff of their lawmakers, people sometimes think with their emotions and demand stupid shit. -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 10:54

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