It has become quite obvious that he is the only presidential candidate that is interested in our individual rights. It was disgusting to watch the CNN/YouTube debate which just turned into a pissing contest between the "top" 4 candidates, while the other candidates just stood by and watched.
If you don't know about Paul, watch this interview at Google. Its a little long, but you'll get an idea of who the man really is. http://youtube.com/watch?v=yCM_wQy4YVg
On the search site, check the box of offenders who are incarcerated. I included offenders who where incarcerated in my total count, so it needs be included in the search count. However, I'm not sure how this makes my statement invalid.
The sex offender registry only has people who have been caught. I indirectly stated in my post that there is more danger from those who haven't been caught. Most offenders have multiple victims before getting caught.
You criticized me for my data and information, but you stated none, just your opinion. Check with psychologist or psychiatrists who deal with sexual problems and see what results they have.
Its easy to say that sex offenders have a high recidivism rate, but what facts do you have to support it? There are a number of studies showing sex offenders as have the second lowest recidivism rate of all offenders (homicide being lowest).
I also had my account deleted from MySpace. I am actually a registered sex offender. I also play music. I had a page for my music. I'm not going to cry about it because MySpace can allow and kick off who they want to. The thing that bothers me is the ignorance that is floated as fact about sex offenders. It ultimately does less to protect children. The truth is you have more concern about your child being a victim of a family member than someone on the registry re-offending.
From the perspective of a past offender, I'm glad I was caught and convicted (I ended up being incarcerated for 15 months). It gave me the chance to get into therapy, deal with the screwed up things in my life. I now life a very happy, healthy and productive life.
I've tried Linux several times (with different distros) and always run into a problem with getting all of my hardware to work and connecting to the net. I think could be a key to getting people to switching from Windows to Linux.
Something I noticed here, the dispute over the open source, uh, free software (another debate) gets the same type of responses that religion does. That seems a bit curious to me. Maybe there is just a little to much dogma going on?
The thing I've never quite understood about the GPL and the arguments for "free software", if the software is truely free for me to do with as I will, how does putting constraints on it, ie I cannot close it if I feel it is in my best interest, make it free, as in liberty. Shouldn't I be able to make that choice? Or is free only if you agree with the philosophy of RMS? (no disrespect intended)
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It has become quite obvious that he is the only presidential candidate that is interested in our individual rights. It was disgusting to watch the CNN/YouTube debate which just turned into a pissing contest between the "top" 4 candidates, while the other candidates just stood by and watched. If you don't know about Paul, watch this interview at Google. Its a little long, but you'll get an idea of who the man really is. http://youtube.com/watch?v=yCM_wQy4YVg
This page on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_offender lists several studies, including studies by the US and Canadian governments. Or check this link http://www.drc.state.oh.us/web/Reports/Ten_Year_Re cidivism.pdf
What current study do you have to refute it?
On the search site, check the box of offenders who are incarcerated. I included offenders who where incarcerated in my total count, so it needs be included in the search count. However, I'm not sure how this makes my statement invalid.
The sex offender registry only has people who have been caught. I indirectly stated in my post that there is more danger from those who haven't been caught. Most offenders have multiple victims before getting caught.
You criticized me for my data and information, but you stated none, just your opinion. Check with psychologist or psychiatrists who deal with sexual problems and see what results they have.
There has the be a balance in informing people of a possible risk and allowing a convicted offender restart his or her life or we may continue to see more sex offenders disappear like they did in Iowa. http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/02/0 6/news/legislature/9ec903cdae436aa58625727a000cfc8 e.txt (bottom of the page).
Its easy to say that sex offenders have a high recidivism rate, but what facts do you have to support it? There are a number of studies showing sex offenders as have the second lowest recidivism rate of all offenders (homicide being lowest).
Want proof? There are 11884 registered sex offenders in the state of North Carolina (tally up the offenders from this page http://www.ncfindoffender.com/stats.aspx). Now do a search of recidivist http://www.ncfindoffender.com/search.aspx and there are only 71. Sorry, that is not a high recidivism rate.
I also had my account deleted from MySpace. I am actually a registered sex offender. I also play music. I had a page for my music. I'm not going to cry about it because MySpace can allow and kick off who they want to. The thing that bothers me is the ignorance that is floated as fact about sex offenders. It ultimately does less to protect children. The truth is you have more concern about your child being a victim of a family member than someone on the registry re-offending.
From the perspective of a past offender, I'm glad I was caught and convicted (I ended up being incarcerated for 15 months). It gave me the chance to get into therapy, deal with the screwed up things in my life. I now life a very happy, healthy and productive life.
I've tried Linux several times (with different distros) and always run into a problem with getting all of my hardware to work and connecting to the net. I think could be a key to getting people to switching from Windows to Linux.
Something I noticed here, the dispute over the open source, uh, free software (another debate) gets the same type of responses that religion does. That seems a bit curious to me. Maybe there is just a little to much dogma going on? The thing I've never quite understood about the GPL and the arguments for "free software", if the software is truely free for me to do with as I will, how does putting constraints on it, ie I cannot close it if I feel it is in my best interest, make it free, as in liberty. Shouldn't I be able to make that choice? Or is free only if you agree with the philosophy of RMS? (no disrespect intended)
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