tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174742554956698764.post1174086021082690307..comments2023-05-28T05:54:26.720-07:00Comments on SEX GULAG . ORG: Oswego schools restrict sex offenders' access to buildingsModeratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232591454095543215noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174742554956698764.post-56721253212680892912008-02-18T13:48:00.000-08:002008-02-18T13:48:00.000-08:00Obviously, most of the sex-offender restrictions a...Obviously, most of the sex-offender restrictions aren't based on any rational research, or even common sense. They are an expression of mindless outrage and frustration, frustration that despite passing hundreds of ever harsher and more punitive laws, crimes involving sex still (shock!) periodically occur!<BR/><BR/>It seems to be a vicious cycle. The more laws that are passed ostracizing sex-offenders, the more attention sex crimes are given in the media, which rallies cries for even more laws. It's difficult to see where this will end, unless eventually people who are convicted of *any* crime involving sex are given mandatory life-sentences for a first-offense (which is essentially what they are given now anyways with all of these restrictions which are nearly impossible to abide by). There are no signs of this hysteria slowing down anytime soon.<BR/><BR/>[note to author/editor] There is an interesting article in the New York Times about calls for more sex offender restrictions. Now people want sex offenders restricted from "certain" public places (soon to be most public places, no doubt).<BR/><BR/>link: <BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/us/18newbedford.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1203370874-FyPRiu7kzT88XjjvxtHxvgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com