There's a substantial difference between "taking someone seriously" and "not finding someone funny." Most of the responses here fall into the second category.
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There's a substantial difference between "taking someone seriously" and "not finding someone funny." Most of the responses here fall into the second category.
And as I said, what if all the people here screaming with bloodlust simply get the WRONG GUY?!? How'd they like to be the one who cut an innocent man's junk off? That's the problem with mob violence. It doesn't care whether it has the right victim or not. The rage feeds off itself, in a way.
The OP didn't sound like a joke to me.
^I've known him a few years. I think he's finally gone mad. Properly mad, not pretend mad. Some Godly influence.
Jethro, what sent you over the edge? Is Katie ok?
Jethro, what sent you over the edge? Is Katie ok?
Every day I wake up thinking it's the 21st Century, and every day I'm reminded that it's still the Dark Ages.
...wonders if he even really needed the "sex offender" part in his original statement to provoke this reaction.
Very spotty. People who commit heinous sexual crimes don't do it because they're horny but because they crave the power or violence of the act. I don't understand how people don't know this when it's information that is readily available and important to know when it comes to understanding this situation.
I don't know the man. I only recognized the name in the first place because of TrekTonight.
How ironic, since that's exactly what's being advocated here, power and violence - although this time, it's exercised by the mob upon an offender (or somebody they just think is an offender).
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Walk around the Wal-Mart parking lot after closing, or late at night (if a 24 hour store) and you'll find some rusty old razor blades lying around.
And probably some offenders as well.
...wonders if he even really needed the "sex offender" part in his original statement to provoke this reaction.
Yep. I have a special dislike of sex offenders. Only that would provoke such a reaction.
Actually, a bullet to the head of a sexual predator is sufficient for me. As a sexual abuse survivor myself, if that makes me someone from the Dark Ages and uncivilized, I can live with that, with no problem.
They can't be rehabilitated. Unless they are jailed for life, they will re-offend. I can live with them being jailed for life, but the part of me still dealing with the past would prefer the bullet.
I'm not referring to the stupidity of classing someone a sex offender who was 19 sleeping with a 16 year old girlfriend. They shouldn't be included as sexual offenders.
That's why victims don't get to choose the punishment.
You're simply too close to the issue to make an unbiased decision. This isn't a slight in anyway; it's simply part of what makes us human.
Personally, I'm with you in that I'm fine w/life in prison until (if possible) we can figure out a way to help these people get better.
You're simply too close to the issue to make an unbiased decision. This isn't a slight in anyway; it's simply part of what makes us human.
Personally, I'm with you in that I'm fine w/life in prison until (if possible) we can figure out a way to help these people get better.
You're probably right. I'd be even worse had someone gone after one of my kids.
Life imprisonment is what is needed, UNLESS they could find a way to switch off whatever makes them do that. So far, they can't. So the only way to guarantee the safety of the public is to lock 'em up.
Life imprisonment is what is needed, UNLESS they could find a way to switch off whatever makes them do that. So far, they can't. So the only way to guarantee the safety of the public is to lock 'em up.
And at least then, the person can be let out again if it turns out that they didn't do it.
Look, I know I sound like a broken record here (like I usually do
) but I can't emphasize this enough. All of this frenzied bloodlust and Red Lantern Corps rage is, I suppose, understandable to a certain extent, but what if it targets the wrong guy? To everyone out there advocating cutting somebody's balls off and/or killing them...how would you feel if you followed through on that, and you made a MISTAKE? Don't tell me that doesn't ever happen, because it does. People have been wrongly convicted before, and they will be again. It's why I don't support the death penalty anymore, because *it* can make a mistake as well.As someone who has dealt with literally thousands of sex offence cases, I must say that's simply wrong.
The vast majority of sex offenders, particularly those who offend against children, are first-time offenders. The proportion of those who are a genuine risk of re-offending are actually quite low, and there are laws here to deal with them (including extending their detention), which seem to work quite well. Most are actually really happy to cooperate, recognising that they have a problem, and not wanting it to control their lives.
Violent offences can be just as devasting to the victims as sex offences. Those offenders are substantially more likely to reoffend in a similar way. Shall we also lock them up indefinitely?
Might need a few more jails...
Now, see - I was just trying to make a tongue-in-cheek misandronistic comment, and you just sucked all the fun right out of it....wonders if he even really needed the "sex offender" part in his original statement to provoke this reaction.
Yep. I have a special dislike of sex offenders. Only that would provoke such a reaction.
I agree with you about the bullet to the head, though. Torturing them is just an inhumane waste of time and isn't good for the mental state of the person doing it.
or a comprehensive mental health care program and equal access to education and good jobs and medical health care. In spite of my own feelings about sex offenders - particularly pedophiles - I don't care about CONSENTING adults - sex crimes like most violent crimes may in part be a symptom of social inequities. I do l very much like the idea of rust y razor blades but also recognize this is probably part of a much bigger problem.
People who still offend if offered all the opportunities available must still be held responsible for what they have done. But if they don't have the same opportunities to make choices from then the playing field is tilted from the start.
I am not saying everyone should have the same things - but everyone should have the same tools and access to opportunities for betterment.