Comments on: To MI media: Sex offender registry increases risk of harm to children https://www.narsol.org/2024/08/to-mi-media-sex-offender-registry-increases-risk-of-harm-to-children/ National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws Sun, 13 Oct 2024 04:11:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://www.narsol.org/2024/08/to-mi-media-sex-offender-registry-increases-risk-of-harm-to-children/#comment-44959 Sun, 13 Oct 2024 04:11:48 +0000 https://www.narsol.org/?p=96790#comment-44959 Thank you Ms. Rozek for all you do. You words are well thought-out and spot on. Thank you!

]]> By: Jill https://www.narsol.org/2024/08/to-mi-media-sex-offender-registry-increases-risk-of-harm-to-children/#comment-44543 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 01:10:49 +0000 https://www.narsol.org/?p=96790#comment-44543 Sandy,
This reply is I. Response to the Olympic issues and now I know why my son asked my daughter to send a text message to Steven V.an De Velt. You see, my son knows all too well about vigilantes and their desire to lock anyone up who has a past.
I would say , that although a shameful way to treat the man, it’s better than sneaking around googling his name and then getting charged with a crime that he didn’t commit.
Not sure what my son would have said to him, and now that I know about this situation I will make sure to reach out to him with support as a lot of us mothers would do to send support to the young man.
Had I known what I know now, I would have advised my son never to say his name to a stranger in public, as it is dangerous it leaves one vulnerable to ignorant people and vigilante cops… Being an Olympic athlete with all the ignorant people in the world had to be tough on him, I commend his determination to be the best athlete for his country.

]]> By: Tim in WI https://www.narsol.org/2024/08/to-mi-media-sex-offender-registry-increases-risk-of-harm-to-children/#comment-44517 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 19:14:09 +0000 https://www.narsol.org/?p=96790#comment-44517 Sandy,
According to the words “…millions.. people rely on the registry..” Is the same as millions of people rely on the government database for their security.” (That insert clip of the ring security cam\com placed in a 12yr. olds bedroom with audio of a stranger speaking to the child through it.)
That’s right. Oops, the parents didn’t know how it worked.
Clearly they decided to install it without enough forethought and without regards for collateral consequences. Like SOR, both their own ignorance they inadvertently created an opportunity. Not different than the Wiki leaks saga
The database comes into play upon the storage of the data – text, voice or vid. The US Gov made it too easy trading convenience for security, just like the parents. Take my word for it, password protection is only temporary, and a minor inconvenience for the highly motivated seeker. MI has decided to release 300 or so individuals from their SOR regs, but that doesn’t dissolve federal law.

]]> By: Facts should matter https://www.narsol.org/2024/08/to-mi-media-sex-offender-registry-increases-risk-of-harm-to-children/#comment-44486 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 13:14:07 +0000 https://www.narsol.org/?p=96790#comment-44486 Sandy, they only care about “their”version of truth. They dismiss everything as “fake news” that goes against what gives them aid and comfort on a subconscious level. It’s like taking away Linus’ security blanket and telling him to find a way to live without it. We’re fighting what I call “addictive psychological reliance” which is a branch of the cell phone and social media dopamine delivery vehicle.

If they’re raising THIS MUCH “concern” over a very small subset of people being relieved from registering, just imagine how ballistic they would go if we proposed they entire registry be repealed because of it’s controversial nature and it’s documented contribution to community decline..

It will take decades to deprogram the false “countless families rely on” fear-based argument.

Until the, it’s all about pacifying unwarranted fears with an “app” that gives the public a false sense of empowerment.

]]> By: Former Offender https://www.narsol.org/2024/08/to-mi-media-sex-offender-registry-increases-risk-of-harm-to-children/#comment-44485 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 12:06:40 +0000 https://www.narsol.org/?p=96790#comment-44485 Why would anyone want to bother to calculate the recidivisms rate? Wouldn’t “pro-prison” advocates (lock em up and throw away the key type people) see this as a violation of their right to be vigilantes against sex offenders? To quote the Simpsons, “think of the children”.

There would be an absolute rebellion if sex offenders started getting removed and we’d be up to our necks in new legislation (that of course the politicians would be forced to vote for). It is a vicious cycle.

Stay informed and stay angry.

]]> By: William Hart https://www.narsol.org/2024/08/to-mi-media-sex-offender-registry-increases-risk-of-harm-to-children/#comment-44483 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:25:38 +0000 https://www.narsol.org/?p=96790#comment-44483 In reply to Sean Ford Bloodworth.

You’re absolutely correct, Sean. That’s what it has always been about. It’s those feeling that created John Walsh. It’s those feelings that have boosted political careers for the unknown. It’s those feelings that some “journalists” based their entire careers on.

]]> By: Sean Ford Bloodworth https://www.narsol.org/2024/08/to-mi-media-sex-offender-registry-increases-risk-of-harm-to-children/#comment-44472 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 21:32:19 +0000 https://www.narsol.org/?p=96790#comment-44472 They do NOT care about facts. It is all about FEELINGS. About what they see on TV.

]]> By: EdC https://www.narsol.org/2024/08/to-mi-media-sex-offender-registry-increases-risk-of-harm-to-children/#comment-44467 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 19:00:08 +0000 https://www.narsol.org/?p=96790#comment-44467 Sandy;

For some time now, I’ve bookmarked any Yahoo news report that involves child sex offenses. The first category is for persons with no prior sex offense. The second is for those with a prior sex offense. These articles include both arrests and convictions. Please don’t take this as any sort of rigorous study, but it does show a trend.

The ratio of articles for non-prior offenders to prior offenders is 635:36, or about 17.6. That means that 17.6 non-prior offenders were reported for every prior offender. Equivalently, 5.4 percent of the total number (671) were repeat offenders (36).

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