[Citizen Blade]

Here in OK.....people have been arrested for indecent exposure...for taking a leak. And guess what....they are now on "the list" for sexual offenders.

I've heard about cases like that. Our hysteria over sexual offenders has turned activities that deserve, at most, a ticket into criminal offenses with long-term consequences.

I support a sexual offender registry. However, it should be limited to people who have committed sexually-based crimes against individuals, such as rapists and child molestors. Someone caught urinating in public or having sex in the back seat of a car should not be on any such list.

[JamesP81]

I support a sexual offender registry. However, it should be limited to people who have committed sexually-based crimes against individuals, such as rapists and child molestors. Someone caught urinating in public or having sex in the back seat of a car should not be on any such list.

The real problem with the current hysteria is that, eventually, sexual offender lists will have no meaning. When you can get on one by taking a piss on the side of the highway, it no longer has any meaning.

Sex offender registries should be reserved for rapists and child molestors. It shouldn't be used for things like indecent exposure. Frankly, it probably shouldn't be used for statutory rape if there was no coercion or violence involved, but that's a debatable point, I suppose.

[Osage Orange]

Agreed..............