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KY_EnviroGuy

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5. Let's be careful with the labels.

Tue Nov 14, 2017, 07:50 AM

Nov 2017

Calling anyone in the US a "sex offender" is a very serious charge, and we shouldn't be doing trial by blog. As a legal standard, sex offenders have been found guilty in a court of law and are registered in a nation-wide data base and they carry that label for life. You can even look each and every one of them up on-line and find out where they live. They are required to report to the criminal justice system anytime they move.

No excuse for deeds such as Moore has been accused of, and if he had been charged with the original alleged offense and tried and convicted, he would be lucky to have a job of any kind at this time. He sure as hell would never have been a judge.

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There seems to be two camps concerning sex offenders [View all] Kaleva Nov 2017 OP

Sex offenders do not stop, so there are probably more recent people that need to patricia92243 Nov 2017 #1

There'd be vicitms who are now in their 30's and 40's if Moore didn't stop. Kaleva Nov 2017 #2

There would also be victims that are 12, 13, etc. Sex offenders might change their patricia92243 Nov 2017 #3

The anecdote of having a sexual offender in your family doesn't change the statistics mythology Nov 2017 #9

Maybe they just get better at not getting caught elehhhhna Nov 2017 #13

Sexual Predator and sexual offenders are two different things, I gather. patricia92243 Nov 2017 #40

I hate to say this Bettie Nov 2017 #15

Sometimes the offender marries a partner in crime Not Ruth Nov 2017 #27

Perhaps they sublimate? Orsino Nov 2017 #19

Criminality is also affected by the criminals life changes: marriage, family, job, aging. etc. Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #4

Let's be careful with the labels. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #5

Your second link does not apply to Moore, it applies to... demmiblue Nov 2017 #6

It applies because we've already tried and convicted him Kaleva Nov 2017 #11

Wrong. n/t demmiblue Nov 2017 #12

So you don't think that Moore is a sex offender? Kaleva Nov 2017 #18

Did I say that? No. demmiblue Nov 2017 #21

The part I qouted may apply to Moore Kaleva Nov 2017 #25

Our beliefs don't actually make it so el_bryanto Nov 2017 #16

We are not a court of law here. Kaleva Nov 2017 #20

Well do you think that is a good system? nt el_bryanto Nov 2017 #23

DU would be a ghost town if we didn't do that. Kaleva Nov 2017 #26

Hmmmmmm I don't know - i think you can still discuss situations without assuming conclusions el_bryanto Nov 2017 #29

That would be the gold standard to strive four Kaleva Nov 2017 #30

Seeing things in black and white... NCTraveler Nov 2017 #7

Truth is there is no rule Lee-Lee Nov 2017 #8

Apparently the 3 fifths of a person rule now applies to all women elehhhhna Nov 2017 #14

I know, right? cwydro Nov 2017 #24

But we are talking about predators and there generally is a pattern with them Kaleva Nov 2017 #17

It would be interesting to flesh out his year in Australia jberryhill Nov 2017 #22

It'd be cheaper if he just went to Thailand or another place similiar. Kaleva Nov 2017 #33

Unless you didn't want an obvious trail jberryhill Nov 2017 #38

Oh, you're wondering if he's going to use the "before I found Jesus" excuse? moriah Nov 2017 #31

A guy I know who was 18 at the time had an affair with a 15 yr old. Ligyron Nov 2017 #37

There aren't necessarily more recent victims gollygee Nov 2017 #10

An offender's sexual abuse patterns can be complex for a number of reasons. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #28

But it does appear to me that a few are questioning the 5 victim's validity Kaleva Nov 2017 #32

I saw that thread, and participated, but did not realize it was an attempt to discredit victims. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #34

I have an alternate theory lapfog_1 Nov 2017 #35

I agree with you and have posted such in other threads. Kaleva Nov 2017 #41

Sometimes they do stop Freddie Nov 2017 #36

Generalizations do not predict the behavior of an individual jberryhill Nov 2017 #39