[Deut28]

That’s quite a bike ride for a geezer (no offense to the elderly on the board). Take a look at a map.

I wonder how many cabs there are in Hudson? I’m guessing somewhere between 0 and 0.

As for friends, he said his issue was lonliness.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Is that what he said? He raped little boys because he didn't have any friends? Well, by all means, let's take the word of a sex offender and sentence him according to that. Hell, maybe the state can even provide him with a friend to cure him of this awful disease. They can paint his "I Rape Children" sandwich boards together. It'll be therapeutic.

I can't believe some of the excuses being thrown around here to justify not putting a child rapist in jail ("their houses aren't worth much anyway", "he won't be able to get a ride to the mall", "the yokels are going to kill him anyway", etc). It's madness. Orwellian madness, as someone astutely pointed out earlier.

I still can't help but think that what's really at issue here is the severity of this crime. Because none of you would ever accept this sort of sentencing for a killer. Crimes against kids just don't carry the weight they used to in this country.