Land of the Free?
It's worrying that this sort of sentencing goes on. I'm all for the creative nature of the punishments that we hear are often given in the US, but I suppose it has it's flip-side.

This couldn't happen in the UK, for several reasons, but it's still rather disturbing to hear such a miscarriage of justice.
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Fri 24 Apr 2009, 16:05, 1 reply)

Why couldn't it happen in the UK?
Someone gets caught having sex, ends up on sex offenders register. Sounds like it could happen over here.

Except isn't that for life (probably even if it's overturned, nowadays...)?
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 24 Apr 2009, 16:40, closed)

For life
and public urination, if they don't like you, becomes indecent exposure and bingo you're on there with the child-snatchers.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 24 Apr 2009, 20:53, closed)

Degrees
I suppose I can't really disagree with harsh punishment of sex offenders, but I would have to argue with the degree to which you can be considered a sex offender.

I had a roommate who had to post letters to the neighbors because when he turned in his computer to be repaired, his tech turned him in for having girls who looked under 18. They didn't have a website mark or proof of age, so he was screwed. I'd put money on 90% of the people reading this having at least one picture of a girl without her ID in hand...

www.familywatchdog.us/ has a tool where you can look up sex offenders on a map by zip code/town. Pick Austin, Texas, and you'll see the town colored red - and we're low as far as most cities go. Now do you really think each one of those is a convicted kiddy-fiddler? Or is it more likely they just got caught by circumstance and lined up against the wall to be shot, their lives ruined?

Bullshit I tell you.
(TheManWhoWas SlightlyKnackered, Fri 24 Apr 2009, 21:58, closed)