Not a good comparison. When you commit a crime against a person they are the victim not you.

Your victim didn’t get you on the registry. Our society which instituted the registry did.

Maestro while you have every right to be disenchanted your bitterness is why some people to this day refuse any kind of registration reform.

Many of your comments question how much damage is done to the victims of sex crimes. One of the stereotypes according to psychologist is immaturity and a lack of empathy.

There is no disease nor addiction that cripples one as much as bitterness of heart does. Situations, circumstances, or other people are never the cause of bitterness, because it springs forth from the heart. The root of bitterness infects everyone and everything it touches. Registered citizens have more than enough detractors and accusers. Perhaps we ought to be more diligent in offering encouragement to one another. Who else will do that if we neglect to do it ourselves?

Did it ever occur to you the the offenders who play the “victim” card have simply had enough of the public’s and the legislature’s b.s.? Did …that…ever….cross your mind?

We don’t give the same punishment to those who sell drugs to our kids. I was addicted to cocaine for the better of my teenage years and the drug dealers who were all ADULTS didn’t care how old I was so long as I was giving them money.

No sir, you should probably read the definition of “paranoid”. Then read the definition of “frustrated” and you’ll see the difference.

And so what if I’m “all over the place”? This sex offender topic unfortunately spreads itself “all over the place”. Thank you.

Yes Mike it is Punishment and that is the way they attended it to be all along. every man and woman that did a crime, was punished for it whether it was prison, probation, paid for their crime in full when they finished their sentence. But unlike some a RC keeps on being punished with more laws, more restrictions no matter how long it has been, hell we all know this. The Key is to know you did wrong, Know you have changed and attempt to move on with your life even as you understand the punishment may never end. Most of us have our life destroyed over and over just as Luke Heimlich has had, a promising start to maybe a good life has ended as of now. You would think that the system would want productive citizens out there instead of people with little or no hope but that seems not to be the case. There is life after this, but it is a hell of a lot harder.

That because being on the PUBLIC REGISTRY is punishment……

Jeremy,

Your point was well stated. I will say that the majority of posters on this site have both enlightened and encouraged me. I am, like virtually every rso, just trying to work my way through the madness of registry laws. Most on here seem to be very thoughtful and we’ll spoken, and do not, I am sure, just discount the victims. We certainly don’t have to live with guilt of our past behaviors and actions, and all of us deserve the opportunity to establish ourselves as productive citizens. I would never aim a negative statement at anyone posting here, so I would certainly hope none of my comments would be received that way.

As a fairly bad Catholic, I am at least familiar with the Church’s teachings regarding the sins of the flesh. Historically, sins of the flesh have not been considered as severe as sins such as avarice, calumny, and pride….with pride ranking as perhaps the worst sin of all. This is not meant to be understood as permission to commit sins of the flesh, but it provides a perspective on the traditional Christian approach. This may also explain why the Church has been widely condemned for its slow response to the so-called “priestly scandal.” The Church was following its own guidance on the matter and was totally unprepared for the onslaught prompted by what appeared to be the wide-spread abuse of minors by ordained priests. In reality, the actual rates of abuse by Church leaders have proven to be no greater or less than any other institutionalized form of custodianship (public and private schools, YMCAs, summer youth camps, etc.) over the same period of time (mostly the late 50s through the early 90s). Where proximity to children has occurred, there has been abuse….and at a pretty consistent rate across the spectrum of organized life. The idea that assaults on the body (physical) are assaults on the soul (spiritual) is a post-modern precept. The Church would reject this paradigm outright as an affront to the redeeming power of Christ’s sacrifice….and a form of animism that regards the corporeal world as superior–or at least identical to–the spiritual world.