Do not construe my comments here as pro sex offender. I am not. What I have noticed from many of the posts on here about this issue is the emphasis on children and how so many of you are concerned parents of young children. This is admirable and wonderful, but not always on the right point.
Level 3 sex offenders do not all prey on children, they are merely most likely to repeat whatever their particular offense was. We are all vulnerable to sexual offenders of some sort or another. Let protect all of us. Lets also admit that our system of justice and incarceration has not found a good solution for this problem. They are people too. Our treatment efforts are changed way too often to ever really judge the effectiveness of any program to change these people. The notification program has good intentions, but the outcome seems to be creating more fear than anything else. I do not want to paint this as intentional, just an unfortunate byproduct of all of us desiring to be safe. I don't see any easy answers to this issue, but feel we all need to admit to the full reality of the problem and not get obsessed with just one or two aspects of the problem. Ron Leurquin Nokomis East REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
