Yes, it takes guts to insist the world is black and white.

I don't have that kind of hubris.

This isn't "the world."

This is one very small issue of more capable humans criminal activity-treatment of other, weaker and less able humans.


Very simple.

Well, it seems that a number of people who voted above you in the poll have a different "simple answer". Why are you suggesting that we coddle them by not executing and then castrating (or castrating and then executing)? That's pretty simple, too.

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"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."

-Thomas Jefferson

Yes, pretty simple.

It's also not what we generally do in America. Only the most heinous people are executed (think John Wayne Gacy. Google that name and read all about it if you can stomach it.)

In any case, the best solution is to put these people away for life.

I guess we're not ready to do that yet.

We need more Joseph Duncans and others until we all get our heads together and REALIZE that the safest way to treat these criminals is to PERMANENTLY keep them away and unable to reach children.

EVER.

That means life sentences. One strike.

Very simple.

Yes that is simple.

Simple enough to satisfy the urge for blood vengence.

That's all that apparently matters. Facts be damned.

How, exactly, does locking up dangerous molesters for life satisfy my, or ANYBODIES, want/need for "blood vengeance" ?

This is only about keeping kids safe.

Not what me, you or many people would like to personally DO to the creeps that molest kids.

Do tell me more about "facts"

Death is also very simple and it also PERMANENTLY keeps them away from children. You're coddling them, and your solution isn't simple enough. A bullet in the back of the head is very simple.

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"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."

-Thomas Jefferson

We need more Joseph Duncans?

This is the third time in two days I've seen the idea of "We need more of something terrible, so that we can stop something terrible."

In another thread, someone was saying America needs to be almost completely destroyed, just so we can get a government that will keep it from getting almost completely destroyed. Then another person was saying we need another big terrorist attack...so that we can prevent big terrorist attacks. Now we have you saying we need more child molesters...so that we can stop child molestation.

What is the deal?

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“Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.” -Dr. Carl Sagan

If you really love something, make sure it's completely obliterated?

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Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

Perhaps it isn't the destination, but rather the journey. Fixing the problem removes the soapbox, but if the problem can never be fixed (i.e. continued horrific reminders of the problem) the soap box can never be removed. Just look at MADD.

(Man, I just get more and more cynical all the time)

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"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."

-Thomas Jefferson

Just means that you're growing up.

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When they come a wull staun ma groon
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

You've never concerned yourself with such things in the past. Why change now?

Creepy, no ?

That we're in need of MORE people doing crimes like this before we decide to pull our heads out of our asses ?

Duncan was RELEASED BEFORE for previous perverse acts against kids.

We let him out. He did what he DID. because he is what he IS. A dangerous PERVERT.

Yeah, you'd think we'd get a clue by now huh ?

No. We're STILL in the business of releasing dangerous perverts. We still don't seem to understand the simple concept of

"You reap what you sow."

The deal is, semi-conscious people that choose to ignore or pretend that what is right in front of their faces doesn't exist, or is something ELSE.

Very simple problems with very simple solutions then become immensely complex and IMPOSSIBLE to solve. They'll never BE solved with this kind of non-thinking.

If you're truly interested (it doesn't seem that you are) in the issue study here:

One Strike Law

I notice you're choosing to address only one sentence of what I said:

How, exactly, does locking up dangerous molesters for life satisfy my, or ANYBODIES, want/need for "blood vengeance" ?

This is only about keeping kids safe.

Not what me, you or many people would like to personally DO to the creeps that molest kids.

Do tell me more about "facts".

To which you say:

You've never concerned yourself with such things in the past. Why change now?

Old.

Accuse others of exactly what YOU'RE guilty of.

Are you THAT bored ? Go play a video game.

Nevermind. It would seem that that's exactly what you think this IS.

Very observant of you.

I can't take your posts seriously, so I just play them for comedy. And I pick and choose which parts are best for that.

Two clever observations in one post. You are perhaps brighter than I give you credit for.

And yes, replying to one of your posts is very much like playing a video game to me. That is to say, they are repetative, predictable and filled with flashy graphics and bright colors.

I usually prefer more substantial fare, but alas, USPO public forums are notably short of that these days, so sport it shall be.

That would be lovely.

You know as well as I that justice in America doesn't happen that way any longer.

We're supposedly more "civilized" now.

So civilized that we're confused about how to solve a VERY simple issue like this.

So civilized that we allow it to go on and act as if it's too complex to SOLVE.

So civilized that we let some of our children pay for our ongoing "confusion" over what is REALLY a simple problem.

We're too "civilized" to shoot dangerous perverts in the head and too civilized to stop allowing our children to get raped and sometimes MURDERED by perverts because WE let them out.

To do it again.

That's "civilized" for you