Reply #68: I hate child molesters. I hate housing discrimination. [View All]

[zanne]

I think there's an awful lot of rationalizing going on here. Sex offenders need effective treatment. Nothing like that exists right now, so we're suddenly advocating housing discrimination, even hanging? Am I on the right website? It sounds an awful lot like the website-that-has-no-name! People who advocate infinite punishment and hanging must have squeaky-clean lives that even the most thorough background check will not detect a character flaw. What if the next wave involves background checks for anti-war protestors? And don't pretend that the door won't be open for them to do that. I've accepted the fact that Neocons will try to "adjust" the constitution to suit their needs, but we're supposed to be better than that.