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Right, it's also conceivable that he dies tomorrow in a car accident, or he discovers the cure for cancer, or he dies old and lonely, or he gets a new job and moves away. We can sit here and play "what if" all day; that doesn't make any imaginary scenario we can come up with relevant to the discussion.

The point of the thread was that a law in place to warn parents of sex offenders didn't work and people in her community were unaware of his status as a "sex offender". It quickly turned into a discussion on the "witch hunt"-type way it was handled without any knowledge of the man's crime, and how many of you wish to immediately trample him and his rights when you don't even know what you're talking about- because you have no idea what he did.

THAT is the thread in which we find ourselves. My contribution was along that vein. I started talking about unattended children when it was asked quite ridiculously if I would go out and leave my front door wide open. My return to that question was direct and equally obvious- would you leave your child unattended? The answer again, obviously, being, "of course not". I then went on to discuss my dissatisfaction with the fact that many parents do ignore their children all too much, and do not watch their children like they should be.

How any of you, who are not bad parents, got the idea in your head that I was talking about you, or to you, is beyond me. I very clearly was talking about and to- bad parents.

Don't take things personally that aren't personal to you, and don't yell at me for pointing fingers that aren't in any way pointed at you. I never said or suggested or infered that anyone here is a bad parent.

Back to the topic at hand- I'm curious to see what he's actually done, knowing the way he's being blindly regarded as an active child predator.