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New Jersey Bars Sex Offenders From the Internet
eldavojohn writes "New Jersey just passed legislation making it illegal for sex offenders to use the internet. NJ congresswoman Linda D. Greenstein said, 'When Megan's Law was enacted, few could envision a day when a sex offender hiding behind a fake screen name would be a mouse-click away from new and unwitting victims. Sex offenders cannot be given an opportunity to abuse the anonymity the Internet can provide as a means of opening a door to countless new potential victims.' While they still can search for jobs, this is a major expansion over the prior legislation which barred them from social networking sites like facebook or myspace."
Oh noes they are doing something stupid again. People...listen to me very carefully. Murder is illegal right? Does that mean it is unenforceable because they can't stop you from murdering before hand? NO! It means that they can charge you with a crime if you do it. So...lets think for just a brief moment. For those who bothered to read the article, it applies to people who used the internet in their sex crime. So if Dirty Joe fondled Little Billy at the park...no internet was used...no internet ban applied. It also applies to the lifetime registration folks, which tend to be the really depraved sick fuck repeat offender types anyways. So...if you use the internet to commit sex crimes...they ban you from using the internet. Now...is this virtually impossible to prevent...well duh...but guess what...murder is virtually impossible to prevent. You can ban all the guns and knives in the world and I can still kill you with my shoe, my belt, or my bare fucking hands. What it does allow is if Dirty Joe trolled myspace for his catch...and they catch his ass even attempting to do that again...they don't have to wait for him to nail a kiddie to nail him...they just have to catch him logging on.
With that, I do see this as a problem if "Internet" is defined in the typical layperson terms. However I have long since learned that the media doesn't report shit correctly when it comes to "Internet" anything...and slashdot summaries are even worse. This is why it is so hard to get shit fixed. Stupid ass reporting, bad summaries, and a fucking clueless lynchmob screaming over bad information without thinking...the really trivial shit gets turned into crusades and the real issues get buried because they are "too hard" to understand. I imagine almost everyone in the thread screaming about this, didn't read the article, didn't research much at all, and probably can't explain the more complex issues like the Valarie Plame incident that is FAR more dangerous to our freedom.
The only change I can believe in is what I find in my couch cushions.
Except that reality could easily be changed to prevent them from ever coming back into society, in which case, their punishment could - and should - continue. Someone's right to treatment for their "condition" ends as soon as they hurt another human being. After that, punishment is all they deserve.
Disclaimer: IANAL. This post is, however, legal advice, and creates an attorney-client relationship.
No further comment needed. What do you expect from a region where europe has dumped her religious fanatics, mentally disordered, ill with STDs and otherwise not wanted and later on, the rest of this planet joined the game ....
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The sum of intelligence on a planet is constant. Nowadays we have more people. When classic goes away, so do I. Copy