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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:22 AM Original message |
Why are sex crimes so special? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Because sex offenders often prey on children. |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Ok, but why doesn't the law prosecute crimes against children more harsh, rather than sex crimes? |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. Even more perplexing is that #3 could have been convicted |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Where are you getting that #3 downloaded kiddie porn? |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I said could have....... nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. Rehabilitation |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 06:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. By that standard, shouldn't animal abusers be treated the same |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. It's not "the fault" of some guy who has contracted the plague, either... |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I never thought imprisoning or exiling people because they |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. What is your problem? Are you that ignorant that you think AIDS is transmitted like the common cold |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Did you misread my comments or are you just in a foul mood? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. "One of those?" Get over yourself. Only someone completely dull of comprehension |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Get over myself? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I'm not the one making the "confrontational" comments. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. You're using a bit of a strawman there because |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Not really a strawman. A guy getting caught whacking off in a movie theater will land on a list. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The guy who strangled the toddler |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Not in most states |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. You changed your argument. nt |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 06:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. But the perpetrators themselves are usually victims of the same |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. Sex crimes are special because sexually violating someone is about as close as you can get |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It's sad this question even has to be asked. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Maybe. But you never know when someone will hear something |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I try to remember that. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. She always does. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. The reason is very simple |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
19. Fifteen years? For murder one? I don't think so..... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. I don't think "special" is the word you're looking for |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. DOJ publication on recidivism |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. Great question. |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. P.S. If the victim is alive during the "perversion", that has to be weighed against the more commo |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
31. They are put on lists because sex offenders have enormously high recidivism rates. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
32. I think it's interesting that mostly men are responding to this thread |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. not to blame them for not being able to understand... but I don't think they could, not completely |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. Because they're sexy. |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:55 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. So wonder why they're so popular... |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
34. Recidivism is one difference |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
38. Why is there a difference between 'battery' and 'mayhem'? |
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