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New York State Releases Sex Offender Facebook App
Just in time for Halloween, the New York state Division of Criminal Justice Services launched a Facebook application to help families know which houses contain sexual offenders. “Knowledge is power. New Yorkers now have another way to access up-to-date information about sex offenders in their neighborhoods,” DCJS Acting Commissioner Sean M. Byrne said in a release. “With Halloween around the corner, parents now have another tool to learn where offenders live so they can ensure their children stay away from those locations, as well as strangers’ homes. The Facebook app puts that important information at parents’ fingertips, whether they are at home or on the go.”
Sex sells.
Fear, uncertainty, and doubt sell.
Providing a "solution" to fear, uncertainty, and doubt sells.
Combine all 3 and it's the politician's re-election trifecta.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
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Because most people forget(willingly or not) that most children are kidnapped/molested by family members or people that are familiar to them (close neighbors, family friends, etc). People also forget that "sex offender" covers a lot more than just rape. They could have been 17 and had sex with their 15 year old girlfriend. They could have hired a prostitute. Or they could have simply pissed in the park. "Sex offender" is to the state what "terrorism" is to the federal government. Is it a real problem and a serious concern? Yes. However, it is usually pulled out and used as a boogeyman to scare people, or to make people feel like something has been done when nothing has.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
They also forget that "sex offender" doesn't just mean pedophile. Large portions of the "sex offender" list, even those not convicted of frivolous offenses, would have no interest in molesting your child.
Are these people safe reformed citizens who should be free intermix with normal people.
Or are the dangerous criminals who should be locked up.
Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
Reminds me of je Jew star jews in the 3rd Reich had to wear.
Also, why not Wall Street bankers? (Fake golden bling S.)
Every single one of them caused more harm than all sex offenders of New York combined.
The point of jail is, that when one is out, one is officially forgiven!
If you think they shouldn't be forgiven that "early", you should, you know, increase jail time! Duh!
And if you think it's long enough, then forgive them!
But hey, the problem is jail itself. As it does not only do absolutely zero to help those people to change. (Yes, help. They need help. Because there's a reason people become sex offenders. And it's not pretty. Which won't change. No matter how much you hate them.)
No, it even makes things worse.
Those people will only be more mentally fucked-up after jail. Never less!
So they are more likely to do it again. Even (especially?) when they think it changed them.
Which means, that people who just jail sex offenders, instead of actually fixing the cause and the problem, are just as much responsible for them doing it again.
It's like when you get hit in the face, and you don't defend yourself but just lock him him with a pack of wolves. When he comes out of course he's gonna kick your ass even more! And you knew it would happen too!