Poor Sex Offenders

Pity the Criminal

Published on June 22, 2005 By Dr Guy In Current Events

Now I have heard everything! 'Experts' say that society is making it too hard on sex offenders! Ahhhhhh, those poor souls!

What a bunch of garbage! Did they have pity or sympathy for their victims? No way! They are lukcy to be out of jail! If they feel that picked on, they can go back to jail! We will give them a free pass too just so that our children and relatives will be safe from these cancers of society.

With all the victims of crime in our society, with all the victims of acts of violence, accidents and bad luck, why are these so called experts worrying about a bunch of cretins who brought their own punishment upon themselves!

These experts are worse than stupid. They are morons!

Let us all have a pity pat party for the persecuted sex offenders! NOT.

Comments (Page 2)

island_gurl12

on Jun 26, 2005

You can't rule a nation on common sense. I'm sure Barbara Streisand's "common sense" is very different than mine. We need narrowly defined laws, and not the discretion of judges who sit on their bench for life like Solomon, handing out their own ideas of morality.

I agree, if you dont write it down today, you'll be faced with the same problem in about a decade.

Dr Guy

on Jun 27, 2005

But that is exactly what the founding fathers gave Judges. They have the ability to hand out slaps on the wrist or harsh sentences.

Congress cannot apply laws selectively, but the judiciary does (for the most part) have that capability. And the denial of that use is myopic.

Gideon MacLeish

on Jun 27, 2005

Penal colonies, penal colonies, penal colonies.

Sex offenders are monsters who must be removed from society, for their own protection as much as for that of their potential victims. But there must be an outlet for those who are sentenced to life behind bars to be productive members of society...even if their society IS a cloistered society in the middle of a barren wasteland (my vote is for someplace in Alaska more than 200 miles removes from civilization...the only way in or out is through the air and all prisoners are locked down for prisoner transfers in).

Oddly enough, I feel some measure of empathy (NOT sympathy) for the individuals who have such a monstrous compulsion. But my empathy does not and CANNOT override my prevailing sense of the need for justice so that the victims can begin the never ending process of healing. Knowing that these monsters are confined to a cage, where they belong, is a good start.

bakerstreet

on Jun 27, 2005

"Congress cannot apply laws selectively, but the judiciary does (for the most part) have that capability. And the denial of that use is myopic."

On the contrary. Judges sentence within the guidelines they are given by the Legislative branch. They are held to the minimum and maximum.

Justice is supposed to be blind, remember? That doesn't mean everyone gets the same penalty regardless of the heinousness of the crime. It means that judges shouldn't sit like solomon on the bench and hand out arbitrary subjective rulings. For that reason, we need laws that definitively define crimes and penalties.

Congress CAN apply laws "selectively" by making the laws more definitive. Someone who makes a mistake with his girlfriend doesn't need to be blindly slapped with "sex offender" status, and no judge should be allowed to do it just because they are more prudish than the judge in the next court over.

The sex offender laws we have are broad, and give too much power to the subjective whims of the courts. For that reason, we find it diffult to lay the heaviest hand on the worst ones, because we will damn the ones who don't deserve it.

I think the old San Fransisco Circuit court would love your view on this Doc. It pretty much makes them unelected kings of our domain.

Dr Guy

on Jun 27, 2005

Penal colonies, penal colonies, penal colonies.

That is not a bad idea. A measure of freedom, yet isolation from the rest of society.

Moderateman

on Jun 27, 2005

how about one big super prison, for terrorist, rapist and child molesters? mix em together, let them work out there own problems..

mm stands back and waits for blood to squirt from bleeding hearts.

Dr Guy

on Jun 27, 2005

On the contrary. Judges sentence within the guidelines they are given by the Legislative branch. They are held to the minimum and maximum.

You just agreed with me while not agreeing with me. They can sentence to the maximum, or the minimum. They can even set the verdict aside. They can exercise common sense.

MasonM

on Jun 27, 2005

Penal colonies, penal colonies, penal colonies.

That is not a bad idea. A measure of freedom, yet isolation from the rest of society.

Good idea. We aren't using the moon for anything. Put them there. oops, sorry guys, we forgot to send air.

Gideon MacLeish

on Jun 27, 2005

how about one big super prison, for terrorist, rapist and child molesters? mix em together, let them work out there own problems..

right, mm...I still think my penal colony idea in Alaska is workable.

The way I see it, there are two classes of criminals: Those who will be eventually released and those who won't. The two groups should be segregated to improve chances of rehabilitation among those who will be released (and lessen the chance of escape among those who won't...more open doors means greater potential for escape).

My scenario would be a colony where an ankle bracelet with GPS and an explosive device is attached to the convict's leg. The only way in or out is through the air, and prisoners are locked down during transfers, which take place once a week at unannounced times. If the convict still somehow manages to leave the perimeter, the explosive device is set off and the convict becomes hamburger. Inside the penal colony, though, they can basically self govern beyond certain laws that are imposed to maintain order.

But the liberals would whine about this.

Dr Guy

on Jun 27, 2005

how about one big super prison, for terrorist, rapist and child molesters? mix em together, let them work out there own problems..

Just ake sure you dont get Danny Most who made out with Betty Jones who was only 16 at the time.

Dr Guy

on Jun 27, 2005

Good idea. We aren't using the moon for anything. Put them there. oops, sorry guys, we forgot to send air.

Welllll.........Can we send it on the next shuttle?

Dr Guy

on Jun 27, 2005

My scenario would be a colony where an ankle bracelet with GPS and an explosive device is attached to the convict's leg. The only way in or out is through the air, and prisoners are locked down during transfers, which take place once a week at unannounced times. If the convict still somehow manages to leave the perimeter, the explosive device is set off and the convict becomes hamburger. Inside the penal colony, though, they can basically self govern beyond certain laws that are imposed to maintain order.

That would be close, but one or 2 would escape. Just remember the Rock (not the actor). Still one or two, versus 1 or 2 thousand.........I can live with that.

bakerstreet

on Jun 27, 2005

Duh... Australia...

Oh, wait, they messed that one up by making a nation out of it...

Dr Guy

on Jun 29, 2005

Duh... Australia...

Oh, wait, they messed that one up by making a nation out of it...

Them aussies are always mucking up the works!

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