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To: Teacher317

Misguided help you are giving by defending a pervert's right to privacy. What about the victim's rights?


192 posted on 04/22/2005 1:26:05 PM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: cyborg
Misguided help you are giving by defending a pervert's right to privacy.

Not to mock, but that sentence made me think of Yoda. =^)

Anyway, I'm not defending the deceased, I'm trying to educate a few emotional posters on basic Constitutional Law, and the importance of not mucking it up due to emotionalism and knee-jerk reactions. "Hard cases make bad law" is an ancient truth. Denying any possibility of release in all cases and publicly treating freed-persons differently are terrible precedents and they will almost inevitably lead to worse. The Founders knew this, and this logic was foundational to the Constituion itself (limited powers, equal protection, proportional punishments, etc, etc, etc). Never open the door for a bureaucrat to impose tighter restrictions so that he can gain political points with scared parents or voters. They always will, and they will never loosen them.

What about the victim's rights?

The victim does not have a right to see an offender put away for life in all cases and circumstances.

Or are you asserting the rights of the future unknown victim? In that case, the entire Constitution can be tossed, since every person is a potential future victim and offender.

238 posted on 04/22/2005 2:00:11 PM PDT by Teacher317
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