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Forum: In the News
Thread (Discussion): [scotsman.com] Gang 'murdered suspected paedophile at bus stop'
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Message 131230 (In Reply to Message 131227)
Posted by steve
on Apr 22, 2004 07:01 PM | Also by steve
| Gender: Male,
Age Bracket: 30 - 39,
State: Virginia,
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I dont agree I think they're just more "paranoid" then most. They seem angrier about the entire SO topic. The media over there does hype it alot more then even the US media.
How would bringing these people into the public view help reduce these attacks? If anything they'd increase them because people would know where they are.
Purely on conjecture, maybe there would be less of a NIMBY attitude and fear of these offenders (and alleged offenders) if they knew how many there really were and that they're everywhere. Like you said though, maybe they are more paranoid and angrier than Americans and maybe the media is contributing to the problem. Part of the reason I posed that question was because victorialondon (who lives in the U.K.) is adamant that the public registries in the U.S. are subjecting convicted offenders to potential acts of vigilantims. From where I'm sitting vigilantism in the U.K. against convicted *and* alleged sex offenders appears much more frequent, especially considering their relative population and sex offenders per capita. If she is willing to condemn the U.S. for things that could possible or theoretically happen I'm willing to tongue in cheek play connect the dots purely on conjecture. If my (and your) perceived rate of vigilantism in the U.K. isn't because of lack of information available to the public, could it be because of their funny accents? their fascination with soccer? or are they just less civilized? Take your pick.
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Message 131227
Dont agree
Posted by Silverthorne
on Apr 22, 2004 06:52 PM | Also by Silverthorne
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131203, admin, Apr 22, 2004 10:23 AM [Introduction]
131204, steve, Apr 22, 2004 02:34 PM
131227, Silverthorne, Apr 22, 2004 06:52 PM [Dont agree]
131230, steve, Apr 22, 2004 07:01 PM
131233, Silverthorne, Apr 22, 2004 07:08 PM [I'll pass Steve]
131238, steve, Apr 22, 2004 07:27 PM
131293, Silverthorne, Apr 23, 2004 02:45 AM [Media]
131460, orolan, Apr 24, 2004 03:15 AM
131489, victorialondon, Apr 24, 2004 02:15 PM [Could it be the abscence of a nation...]
131515, orolan, Apr 24, 2004 08:23 PM [Victorialondon]
131225, Silverthorne, Apr 22, 2004 06:49 PM [Life sentence?]
131503, victorialondon, Apr 24, 2004 06:55 PM [It's irrelevent whether he was convi...]
131512, orolan, Apr 24, 2004 08:15 PM
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