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To: ebshumidors

>> Now, the molester is rationalized. I let my kids make mistakes but I still keep them on a short leash. Times have changed and the author who is whining about its type is the cause of it.
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It looks to me that the author is spot on. The statistics on child molesters aren’t that much more prevalent than 30 or 40 years ago. It is just awareness that has changed. That is good, but, as I said it seems that bubble-wrap and overscheduling is not a particularly good remedy.

It ain’t whining if it is accurate.


31 posted on 11/20/2009 8:10:59 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: freedumb2003
The statistics on child molesters aren’t that much more prevalent than 30 or 40 years ago.

It is extremely difficult to come up with accurate numbers, but it's likely there aren't any more predators on children than 50, 100 or 200 years ago. I've tried to find good comparative numbers, without much success. If you have a reference, please let me know.

The perception of how common these types of things are is almost completely disconnected from actual rates.

For instance, most people believe crime is getting worse. In actual fact, it's been dropping for about 20 years.

41 posted on 11/20/2009 9:32:41 PM PST by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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