| Village Idiot Join Date: May 2008 Location: Not In Sterling City Gender:  Posts: 610 Country:  Level up: 17%, 125 Points needed |  |  A Minor Soapbox I saw an article in the paper about a "child molester" and "pedophile" who was a 20 year old man who had a sexual relationship with a 16 year old high school senior.
While the law may define that as statutory rape, the man is not a "child molester" or "pedophile".
"Zero tolerance" is a factor in this stupid labelling. In response to some courts allowing serial child molesters to evade serious punishment (and often resulting in more child molestations and in some cases murder), we overreacted by creating an overbearing sexual offender registration law. The man referenced above is no menace to society - he's a horny 20 year old who boffed a 16 year old. The guy who is arrested for whacking off in a porno theatre is ordinarily no threat. Let's register the offenders that pose a threat instead of every sex-related criminal. As it stands now, you don't really know who to be wary of. |