Searchable National sex offenders map online now.. shocking

[MiamiB]

Oh yes the asshole of the world.

Actually only of the USA...

[hdkbill]

Guess I'm probably going to create some controversy here by saying, as much as I abhor child molesters I have a real problem with once they have served their time and they have "paid back their debt to society". ro have to register and have the information and photo posted on the web for all to see.

If I commit murder by killing a 14 year kid, and during the commission of the murder I have NO sexual contact with the vitim, then it is ONLY murder, not a sex crime. Let's say I'm convicted and sentenced to 20 years. Once the 20 years is up I'm a free man. I don't have to register anywhere. Somehow that doesn't seem right to me.

Another example. Let's say I'm horny tonight and I decide to go down to the local cruising area and get or give a blow job. Well, as luck would have the person I try to solicit is a cop and, of course, once I flop out my dick I'm immediately arrested for all sorts of charges, but all of them of course are considered a "sex crime". If I'm convicted, I then am going to have to register as a sex offender. Somehow, it just doesn't make sense that a blowjob.....a thwarted one at that, would mark me for life where murder, or assault, or battery or arson would not. Just doesn't make sense to me.

So, go ahead and fire back, but honestly, a crime should be punished, the criminal should pay their debt to society and then not have to be required to "register" and be marked the rest of their lives. In some way, that just doens't seem constitutionally correct.

Bill

[Lee]

You know what Bill, to some extent im in agreement with you, a few years ago in the UK one of the tabloid newspapers printed a list of 'sex offenders' across the country, unfortunately, one of the guys who ade thelist got killed a few days later, only for it to be discover that in fact he WASNT a sex offender, his family ended up suing The Sun for close to a Million pounds and i beleive they won too.

I do think a registry of sorts should be kept however, i dont think it should be allowed to be looked at by all and sundry because, you never know how that information is going to be used.

Regards,

Lee

[hdkbill]

Lee,

Yep. That is the problem with making such a registry public. Ya never know what the good, bible thumping, god fearing public might do. Bless their hearts

I certainly don't have a problem with the police departments keeping close tabs on people convicted of having any type of sex or abuse with a child.

But the one thing I guess we all need to keep in mind here on a board that caters to the adult industry is that a sex offender and a child pornographer are not necessarily the same thing. I do think that child abusers, child pornographers, child rapist, child molesters should somehow be treated differently, just not sure how it should be done.

Protecting individual rights is important. First we have the Sex Registry and no one compained. Then our government is allowed in keep prisoners indefinetly in Guantanamo Bay and virtually no one except the ACLU compained. Then we had the Patriot Act which allows our wonderful DoJ to look at your emails tonight, and mine, and if they want, come to our homes tomorrow while we are away and search them and never tell us that they did it. Just seems like our individual freedoms are being slowly eroded and no one is trying to stop it.

Bill

[Squirt]

Protecting individual rights is important. First we have the Sex Registry and no one compained. Then our government is allowed in keep prisoners indefinetly in Guantanamo Bay and virtually no one except the ACLU compained.

Part of living in society is being held accountable for your role in society. I was held up to public scrutiny for being Gay, a single father, and having a porn site and I have no problem with the national sex offenders map online.

Before committing these crimes, people know their information will be public, so you'd figure they would stop themselves, if they could, to avoid the consequences of their crime.

If you don't want to be tagged a child molester, then don't molest a child. If you don't want to be tagged a murderer then don't murder people.

I would rather have a person who molested a child feel a prisoner in their own home then parents in a neighborhood feeling they can't let their children play at a park because they don't know if there's a sex offender living nearby. If my child is going to a friends house to hang out I can look online and see if a convicted child molester lives there.

Strange that a child molester has more rights then homosexuals in America.

[hdkbill]

Part of living in society is being held accountable for your role in society. I was held up to public scrutiny for being Gay, a single father, and having a porn site and I have no problem with the national sex offenders map online.

Before committing these crimes, people know their information will be public, so you'd figure they would stop themselves, if they could, to avoid the consequences of their crime.

If you don't want to be tagged a child molester, then don't molest a child. If you don't want to be tagged a murderer then don't murder people.

I would rather have a person who molested a child feel a prisoner in their own home then parents in a neighborhood feeling they can't let their children play at a park because they don't know if there's a sex offender living nearby. If my child is going to a friends house to hang out I can look online and see if a convicted child molester lives there.

Strange that a child molester has more rights then homosexuals in America.

Guess I don't agree. Part of living in a society such as Russia or China then perhaps that would be true, but not living in a so called free society. If our rights in this country continue to be erroded then maybe it won't be so unlike living in a third world country.

And, keep in mind, we aren't talking about just child molesters....we're talking about sex offenders......that includes child molesters but also includes a guy having sex in bushes with another adult, or having sex in a backroom in a bar if a cop happens to see them. The law currently applies the same to all sex offenders, that is just plain wrong.

Child molesters, as I said, need to be treated differently... much more harsh and their punishment more severe. I don't know how it should be done but I just know that lumping a child molester and and some guy leaving a bar at 2 AM and getting a BJ in an alley in the same sex offenders category is wrong.

BTW, go back and read my post, if you are convicted of murder, serve your time and are released, you are NOT tagged as a murder. You don't get placed on any list and you can move anywhere you want and not have to report your address.

Bill

[Squirt]

Guess I don't agree. Part of living in a society such as Russia or China then perhaps that would be true, but not living in a so called free society.

Yeah we disagree it's no big deal . People have different opinions. The world would be shit if everyone agreed!

To me, living in a free society doesn't mean you can commit crimes and be anonymous... whatever those crimes are. To me knowing who molested a child, or raped someone, or whatever helps me be more informed of my surroundings and where I'm raising my child. Back in the day we all knew our neighbors living in small towns and communities and we'd know who/where to stear clear from. Today things are drastically different.

Many things happen when someone is convicted of these crimes, the paper reports the results, you have to goto parol, prison, felons can't vote, etc. Another consquence of your actions is being listed. If a guy is having sex in the bushes with another adult, or in the back of the bar, they know the consequences.. and that's often a turn on.. someone seeing or them getting caught. Don't do it if you don't want to face the consequences right?

I would personall love to know not only if a child molester lived nearby, but also a murder, rapist, or someone with a history of violient crime. That's just me. Am I going to vote on it, no. Am I going to campaign for it, no. But if it happens you can bet I'd utilize the service to make my life better, in a heartbeat. If you value your privacy and rights, then don't commit these kinds of crimes. My .00002 cents.