(June 17, 2015 at 2:47 pm)abaris Wrote: That whole American sex offender registry business is overshooting the mark by a thousand miles. As far as I understand it, you can even get there when taking a leak in public and someone takes offense.

Not to get me wrong, I've got nothing against child molesters and rapists getting there, but this is ludicrous and ruins the guys life for life. He will never be able to land a decent job or get into a serious relationship because that bulb is always shining over his head.

I hear you have to go around telling people you're on the list. "Hello. My name is Chad. I am forced to tell you that I'm on the sex offender's list? Why? I had to pee really bad, and thought no one was looking."

"Why? Because someone lied to me about her age before we had sex."

(June 17, 2015 at 3:01 pm)KUSA Wrote: What if I took a dump in an alley?

I guess it depends if your johnson is in the open.

(June 17, 2015 at 2:44 pm)Minimalist Wrote: This is 'Murrica.  There is no idea which can't be overdone to death.

Of course it is ridiculous.  Our "judicial system" is a disgrace.

IF you can track down a Frontline piece called "Solitary Nation" ( should be on Youtube) check it out.  It deals with prisoners in solitary confinement.  When it drives them nuts so that they act out they are given...you guessed it....MORE time in solitary.

You can't make this shit up.

Aw man... :

I will take a look.

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(June 17, 2015 at 2:48 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Hell, you can get on the sex offenders list by taking a piss in an alley if someone sees you.

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(June 17, 2015 at 3:01 pm)KUSA Wrote:

(June 17, 2015 at 2:48 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Hell, you can get on the sex offenders list by taking a piss in an alley if someone sees you.

What if I took a dump in an alley?

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

Just an FYI to everyone here, poop jokes are right down my alley. Bring it on!

Here.  It's on PBS.org.


http://video.pbs.org/video/2365229709/

(June 17, 2015 at 3:16 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Just an FYI to everyone here, poop jokes are right down my alley. Bring it on!

You must have a shitty sense of humor. *Badum tsh*

(June 17, 2015 at 3:16 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

Just an FYI to everyone here, poop jokes are right down my alley. Bring it on!

So this may be up your alley. I don't post it as an actual video, since I don't want to derail a serious discussion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ9Tafx-x-w

Edit, it got posted as an actual video although I didn't embed it.

Why do we only hear about stuff like this from Al Jazeera?

Seems to be virtually on point with the current discussion.


http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/20...ional.html

Quote:Judge rules Minnesota sex offender program unconstitutional

In more than 20 years, no one has been fully discharged from program, even those considered at low risk for new crimes

(June 17, 2015 at 2:38 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Hi everyone.

So, how do y'all feel about this? Personally, I think it's very unfair. The dude was lied to! And now he faces 25 years as a sex offender for believing a lie?? This is something that can destroy his life.

I obiously don't condone this behavior, but I do think the sex offender list is for dangerous predators, not people who engage in merely "inappropriate behavior."



http://reason.com/blog/2015/06/16/male-t...ith-female

Given the way the laws are, it is prudent to be careful about age and not simply take someone's word for such things.  That is not a comment on the rightness or wrongness of the law; it is a comment about what one should do when one lives somewhere that such laws are in place.  It is plainly stupid to just believe a stranger who makes some claim about his or her age.


A problem with changing the law (regarding whether it is a crime, not about the exact punishment) would be that many people would knowingly have sex with underage children and just have them lie about their age first, and pretend that they were fooled if anyone finds out they had sex. If someone lying is taken as a defense, then that effectively means that there is no age restriction on what age person one can have sex with.

So, should there be an age limit or not?  If there is, how should it be enforced?

(June 17, 2015 at 2:48 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Hell, you can get on the sex offenders list by taking a piss in an alley if someone sees you.

Unless you're Paula Radcliffe.

(June 17, 2015 at 3:16 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Just an FYI to everyone here, poop jokes are right down my alley.

I think I see what you did there...