"Not on our watch!"
Look forward to reading what my fellow Freeper's think of this?
I just hope it's with a pair of rusty shears and not medical castration.
Gotta be sure that the punishment is effective, y'know?
"Not on our watch!"
Does Gillette still make 'blue blades'.
All I can say is that it's about time some lawmakers are wising up doing what seems to me to be not only a dam good deterent but just punishment for these sickos out there.
Another article on the subject:
Beach Communities Consider Banning Sex Offenders
By Lindy Thackston
First Coast News
FLAGLER BEACH, FL -- There's a push on four north Florida beaches to force sex offenders from the shoreline.
Sex offenders would be required to keep their distance by officially labeling the beach as a park.
Offenders are not allowed to live within 2500 feet of a park.
Daytona Beach Shores city council members gave preliminary approval to the law earlier this month.
Daytona Beach, DeBary Beach, and Flagler Beach are also looking into the law.
Some Jacksonville Beach parents hope that spreads to Duval County.
Donald Hackney enjoys spending time with his son at the beach, but always keeps a lookout.
"They're going to be everywhere," said Donald Hackney. "It doesn't matter where you're at, there's always going to be that threat."
Hackney's talking about the more than 35,000 sex offenders in Florida.
"I think once a sex offender, always a sex offender," said Teresa Dobson. "Being a parent, it's a big concern of mine."
So Dobson is happy beach communities like Flagler and Daytona are considering banning sex offenders from living within 2500 feet of the beach by categorizing the beach as a park.
"That's a great idea," said Hackney. "It should be even farther if you ask me."
"I think it should be at least 100, even 200 miles," said Dobson.
But there's a different side of the story, often not wanting to be seen or heard, but speaking out to FCN.
"A lot of people have families," said Michael Price, a registered sex offender. "Sex offenders have families themselves. They won't be able to take their children to the beach."
Price is a member of the sex offender support and education network, also known as SONES.
"The beach is a public place, but it's for the enjoyment of everybody," said Price.
The Daytona Beach Shores City Manager told FCN the council members will have a final vote on the ordinance next Wednesday.
Just get a rope .
The death penalty is Biblically supportable. Mutilation isn't. Capital punishment respects the humanity of the offender, by treating him like a responsible person, rather than like cattle.
Yeah, the old fashioned way...with a dull knife.
Looking at the headline I thought it meant Billy boy Clinton was calling for castration of violent sex offenders.
Guess he'd lose his balls wouldn't he?
Instead of cutting off their nuts, they should cut off their head.
> Look forward to reading what my fellow Freeper's think of this?
Considering that one recent "sex offender" was some guy who grabbed a mibehaving girl by the arm and gave her a good talking-to... it seems a bit much.
Use a 12 ga at 6 inches. Fast and effective.
If he was a terrorist bomber.........
remove his "manhood"......reattach parts from a hog.....and ship him back to his family/country packed in salt.
This is a waste of time! They can still harm children and will have even more rage to fuel their behaviour.
They need to be kept in jail forever or executed.
My ambivalence to the death penalty does not extend to those who murder children (I have 3). Funny how that works.
Won't fly.
There's that little bit in the US Constitution about "cruel and unusual punishment." Mutilation was exactly what that phrase was intended to prohibit.
They will win the lawsuit.
Dead men can't sue (or reoffend).
I just heard a story about a man who was convicted and had to register as a sex offender. I don't remember the state.
A little girl was playing near the street and ran out into the street into the path of an oncoming car. The driver narrowly missed the girl and jumped out of his car to chastise her. In the process of doing so, he grabbed her arm. He was charged with involuntary restraint of a minor and was required to register as a sex offender. Under this law, I guess he would have been castrated as well.
Our system of justice is based on deterrence through punishment, not revenge. While this might seem to be a deterrent, I would offer that if we imposed longer jail terms and then actually had convicted offenders serve their time, this would probably be unnecessary.
I wonder if there is language in the bill regarding repeat offenders. If we are talking about a three strikes law, there is probably some wisdom in it. Obviously repeat offenders are not going to be deterred by jail time, so at that point, it is time to take more drastic measures.
Finally, it sounds like knee-jerk to me. Politicians who want to appear to be proactive on all the heartbreaking stories we have heard on the news lately. Being politicians, they are largely ineffectual and this was the best they could manage, not even addressing the real problem and solution as I mentioned above.
Once you approve a law which requires mutilation for this one crime, you will have variations of the same demanded for other, less appalling crimes. Just consider our criminal property confiscation laws if you want to see how a trend gets out of control. Soon, Sharia Law and American jurisprudence will look the same - completely ugly and subject to gross abuse.