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Thread (Discussion): [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] Sex-offender laws may be tightened
Message 170144
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Posted by admin
on Dec 28, 2005 08:26 PM | Also by admin
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Discuss the article Sex-offender laws may be tightened, by Curt Woordward, which appeared on Seattle Post-Intelligencer on November 28, 2005.
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Message 170146 (In Reply to Message 170144)
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on Dec 29, 2005 02:08 AM | Also by orolan
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Authorities hope those changes and others will make it easier to track offenders who dodge registration rules -- particularly those who are homeless,...
Then quit making it so they have to be homeless. Duh!
[quote}Among the most controversial sex-offender measures headed for debate at the Legislature is a law barring offenders convicted of certain sex crimes against children from living within 880 feet of schools while the offenders are supervised by the state.
Leave it to Washington to believe something many other states have been doing for years is "controversial".
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Message 170166 (In Reply to Message 170146)
Posted by 1dadof5
on Dec 29, 2005 07:11 AM | Also by 1dadof5
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"I think we have to go forward on this one because the people want it. There's a lot of anxiety out there," he said.
which people want it? really, dude. Name 10. Why not let the voters decide the issue. Put it up for a vote and see what happens. I dare you.
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Message 170246 (In Reply to Message 170166)
Posted by suicidalnut
on Dec 30, 2005 03:22 AM | Also by suicidalnut
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which people want it? really, dude. Name 10. Why not let the voters decide the issue. Put it up for a vote and see what happens. I dare you.
Unfortunately I have to say your probably going to get a rude awakening on this one. For one: If any vote on this happened in the general public it would be preceded by 50 front page new articles citing why it should be done and the 'high reoffense' rate and the usual 'protect our children' slogans. Then you have to realize that every 'sex offenders should be shipped off to some remote island' vigilanti will show up to vote while only at most half those that doesnt think it will work wont bother because they just dont care. Face it if there is anything they can do to punish a sex offender they will all flock to do it even if it isnt right and leave smiling because they think they just made thier nieghborhood safe.
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Message 170249 (In Reply to Message 170166)
Posted by sboyles
on Dec 30, 2005 03:41 AM | Also by sboyles
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Thanks mr politician for scaring the crap out of the public.. more fear equals more oppurtunity for votes. As poor a state as Washington is, I'm sure they can afford GPS systems foe the homeless. The big Washnigton crackdown has been a story building up till legislatures meet in Jan since I moved here in July. As tough as these bastards are, they are nothing compared to Texas.
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Message 170287 (In Reply to Message 170166)
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California is going to put it up for the voters in May or November. As it stands, it will probably be the most lopsided vote in the history of California. This is going to be one of those "screw the costs..just get it done!" propositions.
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Message 170290 (In Reply to Message 170246)
Posted by orolan
on Dec 30, 2005 10:33 PM | Also by orolan
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You're right there suicidalnut. One has only to look back at various public initiative ballots in states that allow them to see what idiocy such things create. Was only a couple years ago that Florida granted Constitutional privilege to pigs. The four-legged kind. By public initiative. Now you would have thought that a reasonable and responsible population would wonder just WHY a pig would need Constitutional protection. Not to mention just how they were going to be able to assert their rights should they feel they were being violated. But the measure carried by quite a margin.
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Message 170326 (In Reply to Message 170287)
Posted by 1dadof5
on Dec 31, 2005 07:40 AM | Also by 1dadof5
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This is why the falsehoods and propaganda need to be discounted by cold hard facts on front pages and TV ads and the public needs to know how much thier taxes are going to need to be raised to cover the costs of such legislation. Is the average taxpayer willing to ante up an extra 700 bucks each year to pay for it?
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Message 170353 (In Reply to Message 170326)
Posted by orolan
on Dec 31, 2005 05:28 PM | Also by orolan
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California can't pay its bills now. How will they pay for more?
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170144, admin, Dec 28, 2005 08:26 PM [Introduction]
170146, orolan, Dec 29, 2005 02:08 AM
170166, 1dadof5, Dec 29, 2005 07:11 AM
170246, suicidalnut, Dec 30, 2005 03:22 AM
170290, orolan, Dec 30, 2005 10:33 PM
170249, sboyles, Dec 30, 2005 03:41 AM
170287, StungOnTheNet, Dec 30, 2005 10:23 PM
170326, 1dadof5, Dec 31, 2005 07:40 AM
170353, orolan, Dec 31, 2005 05:28 PM
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