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heart rn
Citizen
Username: Heart_rn
Post Number: 157
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 11:32 am: |     |
http://www12.familywatchdog.us/ |
cmontyburns
Citizen
Username: Cmontyburns
Post Number: 1710
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 4:37 pm: | |
Just curious: If you found out a convicted sex offender was living next door, how would you change your behavior? |
Scully
Citizen
Username: Scully
Post Number: 125
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 4:45 pm: | |
Rottweiller moves in right off the top.
My hours (work and social) are pretty nocturnal so I'd have to think about that, too. |
buzzsaw
Citizen
Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 3675
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 4:53 pm: | |
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dave23
Citizen
Username: Dave23
Post Number: 1274
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 5:08 pm: | |
I'd become an arsonist. |
Lydia
Supporter
Username: Lydial
Post Number: 1625
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 6:08 pm: | |
Depends on the crime - "sex with a minor" can mean a pedophile with a child or a 19-year-old having consentual sex with a 17-year-old.
I think I'd try to find out some details of the crime before I called "Rottweillers 'R' Us".
If I were living next door to a pedophile - honestly? I'd move.
Of course, if I knew I was living next door to a pedophile I'd have to disclose it to the buyers, which would winnow down the pool of buyers - it would be very unfortunate.
I couldn't in good conscience sell to a family with children - we'd be in a bad spot. I'd still move though. |
ajc
Citizen
Username: Ajc
Post Number: 4747
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 6:24 pm: | |
"...if I knew I was living next door to a pedophile I'd have to disclose it to the buyers"
Way to go girl, you're a great American Lydia! |
heart rn
Citizen
Username: Heart_rn
Post Number: 158
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 7:00 pm: | |
I think I would probably freak out if I found out a sex offender lived next door. I don't know if I would move, though. I personally think it's great that we have access to this information on line. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12121
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 8:13 pm: | |
I'm not convinced of that.
"This is the only thing my signature says." |
Jersey Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 79
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 9:04 pm: | |
Don't most parents today behave as if everyone is a sexual offender? When I was a kid my parents let me walk with one friend to first grade! The school was some eight blocks away. I would never leave my son unattended out in the world that long.
We all behave as if the Black-Van-with-the-Guy-in-a-Clown-Suit could pull up at any minute. We can't trust priests, and male doctors have to have a female in the room for exams of female patients lest something untoward occurs.
The convicted sexual predator at least gives the fear a specific address to avoid. But, what about the house next to that, or the not-yet-caught sexual predator? Then can we relax?
I'm not comfortable with it, but I wasn't comfortable before. |
cmontyburns
Citizen
Username: Cmontyburns
Post Number: 1712
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 9:25 pm: | |
These registries have scored a lot of points for politicians, and filled a lot of hours of programming for local TV stations. I'm not convinced, however, they've actually made kids any safer.
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Mr. Big Poppa
Citizen
Username: Big_poppa
Post Number: 490
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 10:03 pm: | |
who cares. It's just a lot of fun to see photos of freaks (can they look any guiltier in those pics???) |
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