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Yet it took NG 5 days (or so, I didn't bother counting) to find out what the offense was. I have a sex offender living on the next block down from me, and I ended up having to call my alderman's office to get help finding out if he was a threat or not. Maybe it's easy for you to find this kind of information in 10 minutes, but it took me over a week a couple of years ago.
I think that you're mistaken about what I'm saying - again. I am not advocating for a posse - at all. I am not advocating for anyone handing out flyers - at all.
I am advocating talking to your neighbors. They may know something. They may not. The gist of what you're telling me is that talking to my neighbors is a bad thing, and I'll never accept that.
Again, I'm only responsible for me legally or morally. If I tell someone something and they chose to do something reprehensible with that, I'm morally culpable if I could foresee the result as a possibility. If I tell my homophobic neighbor that a gay couple is moving in down the street, I'm morally culpable if he does something, but if I tell my other, tolerant neighbor what have I done wrong? What if I don't know how they stand on the issue?
How about if I notice one neighbor has left the gate to his pool open when he left town. With your logic it's a bad idea to call my other neighbor with young children to alert them to the potential threat. It's certainly not an immenent one, and there's no guarantee that any kid will wander through the gate or one that the kid will get in the pool if they do or one that they'll drown if they do get wet.
Shakran, go back to the beginning and reread everything. Please point out where I wanted to form a mob. All I see is discussion among friends and neighbors. Are you telling me that this guy's privacy is automatically the elephant in the room that no one ever mentions? Gimme a break!
Again, I'll keep talking to my friends and neighbors about anything I want and that they'll listen to. Let me know when you figure out how that's a bad thing.
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