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You need to think about differing motivations. Right now politicians are thinking, "Hey there's this new thing that's popular. How do we cash in on that?" Ped

You need to think about differing motivations. Right now politicians are thinking, "Hey there's this new thing that's popular. How do we cash in on that?" Pedophiles and child molesters are easy targets. In the sense that all you need to do is say those scary words and you get more votes. They're pandering to the population.

Lawtonfogle 10y ago
The thing that makes this sad, not funny, is the rate that children are still being sexualy abused today. Instead of doing things to actually help children they are busy passing completely pointless laws to make it look like they are doing something.
Lawtonfogle 10y ago
The thing that makes this sad, not funny, is the rate that children are still being sexualy abused today. Instead of doing things to actually help children they are busy passing completely pointless laws to make it look like they are doing something.
tn13 10y ago
Many of them are already banned from using smartphones or computers. It is really really sad. When we don't stand up for the legitimate rights of the people we despise eventually politicians are going to come for your and mine rights too. This sex offender registry appears more and more like "outcast" registry. The people who can be vilified or treated like shit without feeling of any guilt. It is mind-boggling what all sort of things can get you on that list. People getting drunk and peeing on a side walk, 17 year old having sex with 16 year old, person who had a family shoot while his grand kids played in the pool naked etc. etc. My worry is that as soon as the drug war ends, out politicians are going to up the ante on sex war.
spacemanmatt 10y ago
We already have loads of regulations on where people who have paid their debts to society can be. I think you're right about this. Straight-up pandering.
- mikeash 10y ago
  People on parole are still paying their debts to society.
  - Retric 10y ago
    Increasing someone's burden after sentencing is incredibly sketchy behavior and detrimental to the rule of law. Parole is not a punishment it's monitoring for legal behavior.
    - mikeash 10y ago
      These people could be locked up in a cage instead. Putting them on parole at all is decreasing their burden compared to their original sentence, and adding a restriction to that is still way better than what they were sentenced to.
      - Retric 10y ago
        This is retroactive to people already on parole. Some of these people where caught urinating in public or other non issues. There are also very sick people, but remember your applying this to a huge range of innocent people not just the kind of demons you see on TV. PS: I have seen estimates as low as 50:50 for actually committing every crime they where convicted of.
        mikeash 10y ago
        The issue where people can be convicted for these crimes for public urination and similar is extremely important, but also completely separate. People like that shouldn't be on parole in the first place. Considering that they're probably being jailed, complaining about a Pokemon Go restriction because some of the targeted people may have committed a minor crime doesn't make any sense to me. It's like saying that we shouldn't restrict prisoners' phone calls, because that's unfair to the wrongly convicted. It's technically true, but being wrongly convicted in the first place is far more important.

Lawtonfogle 10y ago

The thing that makes this sad, not funny, is the rate that children are still being sexualy abused today. Instead of doing things to actually help children they are busy passing completely pointless laws to make it look like they are doing something.

Lawtonfogle 10y ago

tn13 10y ago

Many of them are already banned from using smartphones or computers. It is really really sad. When we don't stand up for the legitimate rights of the people we despise eventually politicians are going to come for your and mine rights too. This sex offender registry appears more and more like "outcast" registry. The people who can be vilified or treated like shit without feeling of any guilt. It is mind-boggling what all sort of things can get you on that list. People getting drunk and peeing on a side walk, 17 year old having sex with 16 year old, person who had a family shoot while his grand kids played in the pool naked etc. etc. My worry is that as soon as the drug war ends, out politicians are going to up the ante on sex war.

spacemanmatt 10y ago

We already have loads of regulations on where people who have paid their debts to society can be. I think you're right about this. Straight-up pandering.

mikeash 10y ago
People on parole are still paying their debts to society.
- Retric 10y ago
  Increasing someone's burden after sentencing is incredibly sketchy behavior and detrimental to the rule of law. Parole is not a punishment it's monitoring for legal behavior.
  - mikeash 10y ago
    These people could be locked up in a cage instead. Putting them on parole at all is decreasing their burden compared to their original sentence, and adding a restriction to that is still way better than what they were sentenced to.
    - Retric 10y ago
      This is retroactive to people already on parole. Some of these people where caught urinating in public or other non issues. There are also very sick people, but remember your applying this to a huge range of innocent people not just the kind of demons you see on TV. PS: I have seen estimates as low as 50:50 for actually committing every crime they where convicted of.
      - mikeash 10y ago
        The issue where people can be convicted for these crimes for public urination and similar is extremely important, but also completely separate. People like that shouldn't be on parole in the first place. Considering that they're probably being jailed, complaining about a Pokemon Go restriction because some of the targeted people may have committed a minor crime doesn't make any sense to me. It's like saying that we shouldn't restrict prisoners' phone calls, because that's unfair to the wrongly convicted. It's technically true, but being wrongly convicted in the first place is far more important.