Reply #5: Man, I'm all over the lot on this ..... [View All]

[Stinky The Clown]

On the one hand, sex offenders need to be punished. On the other hand, why a sex offender registry and not a spousal abuser registry? Or as someone suggested during the Katrina aftermath, an insurance company CEO registry.

Then there's the matter of 'sex offenders' and "SEX OFFENDERS".

A guy busted for peeing in the bushes is a 'sex offender'. People wrongly accused - teachers are particularly vulnerable - of sex offenses find themselves on these scarlet letter lists.

The vengeful father part of me supports the idea of lists in the same way the vengeful husband part of me would favor the death penalty for the murder of my wife.

The rational, liberal me does not support any of these things.

The *actual* me is conflicted, but inclined to oppose.