Comments on: From RSOL to NARSOL, but why?

By: K. Green

K. Green — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:42:03 +0000

If a real outrage. A person can kill someone and after serving 15-live they can get out and go on with their lives. But on the flip side, someone labeled as “sex offender” has to not only carry the burden of being labeled their entire life, but also unfair and not justifiable tier increases as well as longer registration periods. Not everyone onMegans Law is looking to reoffend. Some of us, like myself either did something stupid, were somewhere we should not have been, or were unaware they were actually Comitting a crime(underage).

By: Robert Hogg

Robert Hogg — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 04:03:06 +0000

Tenn. Is being sued ,I wanted in on it because of my case and said I had a winner but don’t have the money

By: LM

LM — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:24:34 +0000

I like “Witch-hunted detainees” better.

“Registered citizen” still sounds too militant and scary.

By: Lovecraft

Lovecraft — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:15:37 +0000

In reply to Fred. I was going to post the same thing....the term sex offender is a misnomer. Whether this term was popularized by the media and the government with the implication that these people are currently offending is up for judgement. Based on the past neither the media nor the government have done us many favors.

By: Dave D

Dave D — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:28:21 +0000

Registered Citizen is a great term for someone on the registry it helps to point out the unconstitutionality of the registry as all citizens are not registered it is a violation of equal protections/rights for anyone to be. The only problem I can think of with the new terminology is it will be a while before regular folks know who you are talking about. Registered voters? Car registration? It does not describe what kind of registration it is. Don’t get me wrong I would rather it not I just think it will make it harder for us to get our point across when talking about our selves if they do not know who we are and that is the people known as ” Sex Offenders” I would recommend the combination of both until it takes hold in the PC world but don’t be surprised if the PC people reject it and what a hipocrisy that would be.

By: david

david — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:20:16 +0000

Thanks for the explanation!

I HATE the term “sex offender” and am glad there is an effort to avoid using these misleading and maligning words, Registered Citizen works for me…but still sends a chill down my spine.

By: JR

JR — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:06:03 +0000

In reply to Fred.

I do the same by using the word underage instead of ‘child’ when there is an obvious difference. A matter of symantics, and not to diminish, but an important distinction, especially where a 17 year old and 8 year old victim are concerned – in my opinion.

By: Maestro

Maestro — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:31:21 +0000

In reply to Fred. Exactly, Fred. I find it curiously funny how when someone has has abused drugs or alcohol, they are referred to as "recovering" or "former" abuser. But we are forever "sex offenders" in the eyes of the public, even if we have a 1 time offense, not an addiction to sexually offending. Our society is so hypocritical it's sickening.

By: rwvnral

rwvnral — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 07:40:55 +0000

In reply to Fred. Amen, Fred. Well put!

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 04:54:14 +0000

Often we see comments from people who refer to themselves as “Sex Offenders” . From here on, if we see something like that we should kindly correct that person.

Some of us may have been convicted of a sex offense in the past and we may be forced to register on the sex offender registry, but we are not “sex offenders” as in people who will continue to offend.

We need to change our mind set, so lets begin making a habit out of referring to ourselves or others forced to register as “registrants” and explain that we have been convicted of a sex crime in our past, but make it clear that does not define who we are today.