- I think it depends on what the defination of sex offender is. A 21 year old guy who has consensual sex with a 17 year old girl is considered a sex offender just as someone who kidnaps 8 year olds, yet I think there is a difference.
- If someone went to jail for thier crime, haven't they paid thier debt to society? We don't publish maps of every person convicted of theft, yet in day to day life you are probably more likely to run into a thief.
- A bigger question for me, which I understand to not be answered yet, is whether a sex offender can either be rehabilitated or be at least taught to control themselves. I feel like our current justice system assume that they can be rehabbed, but does little to make it possible. If one can be cured, should they have to live with the stigma of thier past? And if they can't, should they ever be released?
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As far as parents taking care of thier kids, this is where I tend to get pissed. Just becuase someone else decided to have kids doesn't obligate me to take care of them. If YOU choose to have kids, you are responsible to take care of them -- be that taking them trick or treating, checking what they are watching on tv or what video games they buy. That is a parent's job. I don't understand people who have kids them expect either the state or soceity to raise them.
Sure, it is reasonable for me to not hand out poisoned candy, run the kids over, and not seel them porn and drugs, but it ticks me off that because someone decided to have kids every show on TV has to be sanitized or else critisized.
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- I think it depends on what the defination of sex offender is. A 21 year old guy who has consensual sex with a 17 year old girl is considered a sex offender just as someone who kidnaps 8 year olds, yet I think there is a difference.
- If someone went to jail for thier crime, haven't they paid thier debt to society? We don't publish maps of every person convicted of theft, yet in day to day life you are probably more likely to run into a thief.
- A bigger question for me, which I understand to not be answered yet, is whether a sex offender can either be rehabilitated or be at least taught to control themselves. I feel like our current justice system assume that they can be rehabbed, but does little to make it possible. If one can be cured, should they have to live with the stigma of thier past? And if they can't, should they ever be released?
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As far as parents taking care of thier kids, this is where I tend to get pissed. Just becuase someone else decided to have kids doesn't obligate me to take care of them. If YOU choose to have kids, you are responsible to take care of them -- be that taking them trick or treating, checking what they are watching on tv or what video games they buy. That is a parent's job. I don't understand people who have kids them expect either the state or soceity to raise them.
Sure, it is reasonable for me to not hand out poisoned candy, run the kids over, and not seel them porn and drugs, but it ticks me off that because someone decided to have kids every show on TV has to be sanitized or else critisized.