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maleficent · 08-05-2005, 10:47 AM

We've had a threadlike this before...

There are sites like this all over the internet, and I find them somewhat disturbing. Yes, there are some 'bad people' out there but doesn't this really encourage vigilantism? On some of the sites that I've seen, the description of the wrong doing was pretty vague, just remember a sex offender could be the 18 year old boyfriend of the 15 year old girl with the pissed off father who caught them having sex.

The public has a right to know, but I'd rather that right to know came from the police department, and I'd like to know exactly what they did when.

How much does the public really deserve to know, if I was a burgler, paid my dues to society and now am living a good life, does the public need to know that the person living next door to them is a former burgler?

08-05-2005, 10:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	We've had a threadlike this before... There are sites like this all over the internet, and I find them somewhat disturbing. Yes, there are some 'bad people' out there but doesn't this really encourage vigilantism? On some of the sites that I've seen, the description of the wrong doing was pretty vague, just remember a sex offender could be the 18 year old boyfriend of the 15 year old girl with the pissed off father who caught them having sex. The public has a right to know, but I'd rather that right to know came from the police department, and I'd like to know exactly what they did when. How much does the public really deserve to know, if I was a burgler, paid my dues to society and now am living a good life, does the public need to know that the person living next door to them is a former burgler? __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.