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[boldie]

My reply was to Red's post asking would you want a child molestor living in your road.

I don't remember that post.

Apologies again, the memory is not serving me well.  The post was from taximan007:

Just a question to all:

A convicted child abuser serves his/her time in prison. Is successfully rehabilitated (according to the experts), is then given a new identity etc and the housed in YOUR street. (Hypothetically, you are made aware of this by the police, obviously this would never happen)

Would you be Happy?

I think nobody wants a convicted child abuser living next to them, or a murdered..or a drug deal or carthief or embezzler, or two-bit junkie criminal for that matter. That does not mean that they should all be rounded up and locked in some penal colony however.

Those sorts of arguements don't really help the discussion, I'm afraid.

[zelda]

This is very sad.  My friend worked in a mental health assessment unit where all those arrested for abuse on children went for assessment.  There were many sick tales she told me - this is sadly another symptom of our society.  It is so difficult being a parent in these days.  All you want to do is wrap the children up and protect them - but we have to give them space and an element of freedom to grow. 

Were the children his own?

[matt674]

My reply was to Red's post asking would you want a child molestor living in your road.

I don't remember that post.

Apologies again, the memory is not serving me well.  The post was from taximan007:

Just a question to all:

A convicted child abuser serves his/her time in prison. Is successfully rehabilitated (according to the experts), is then given a new identity etc and the housed in YOUR street. (Hypothetically, you are made aware of this by the police, obviously this would never happen)

Would you be Happy?

I think nobody wants a convicted child abuser living next to them, or a murdered..or a drug deal or carthief or embezzler, or two-bit junkie criminal for that matter. That does not mean that they should all be rounded up and locked in some penal colony however.

Those sorts of arguements don't really help the discussion, I'm afraid.

Worked 200 or so years ago........ not sure whether Australia could cope with another 2 million or so but they do have a lot more room in their outback!

[boldie]

My reply was to Red's post asking would you want a child molestor living in your road.

I don't remember that post.

Apologies again, the memory is not serving me well.  The post was from taximan007:

Just a question to all:

A convicted child abuser serves his/her time in prison. Is successfully rehabilitated (according to the experts), is then given a new identity etc and the housed in YOUR street. (Hypothetically, you are made aware of this by the police, obviously this would never happen)

Would you be Happy?

I think nobody wants a convicted child abuser living next to them, or a murdered..or a drug deal or carthief or embezzler, or two-bit junkie criminal for that matter. That does not mean that they should all be rounded up and locked in some penal colony however.

Those sorts of arguements don't really help the discussion, I'm afraid.

Worked 200 or so years ago........ not sure whether Australia could cope with another 2 million or so but they do have a lot more room in their outback!

true..but what about Skippy?

[b4matt]

Just heard the news.
I'm so sorry for the families involved in this dispicable tale, and i'm really sorry to hear some of the awful experiences some of you have recounted.

Trully i'm lost for words.

[Poppet7]

I read through my letters the other day because I became conscious that I was covering up for him. He mentions being moved to another cell for his own protection and told me that he wasn't leaving his cell much nowadays because he'd been threatened and said "my cell mate found the letters detailing my offences" and he also mentioned about "assaults" but didn't mention anything about sexual assault. As I said before, what I was told was that he was accused of standing on a child when he was drunk and said he was too drunk to remember what happened. He had painted a very nasty picture of his wife and led me to believe it was her making malicious allegations.

Some of the things he mentioned in his letters may have gone over my head, so I apologise about that. I should've been paying more attention to what was said and working out what had actually gone on. Even when speaking on the phone to him he never properly told me, just said it's hard to talk because the calls are recorded.

Sorry everyone, I really am x

[Indestructable]

As far as i am concerned and I guess a lot of Blondes you have nothing to apologise for Poppet.

[Claw75]

absolutely no need for you to apologise for anything Soph.

[kinboshi]

As far as i am concerned and I guess a lot of Blondes you have nothing to apologise for Poppet.

 

[mex]

Why are we at each others throats and still 27 pages later going on about this?

[Royal Flush]

Why are we at each others throats and still 27 pages later going on about this?

Because we have nothing better to do.....

[Rookie (Rodney)]

Why are we at each others throats and still 27 pages later going on about this?

Standard

[Ginger]

Why are we at each others throats and still 27 pages later going on about this?

Because we have nothing better to do.....

....and some of us have to read through all these pages, of you lot having nothing better to do!

 


 

In all seriousness, it's got nothing to do with that. It's an emotive subject, and hits home even harder when you have children yourself.

[Royal Flush]

Why are we at each others throats and still 27 pages later going on about this?

Because we have nothing better to do.....

....and some of us have to read through all these pages, of you lot having nothing better to do!

 


 

In all seriousness, it's got nothing to do with that. It's an emotive subject, and hits home even harder when you have children yourself.

You don't have to read through it, you choose to do so.

[nirvana]

Oi ! Flushy stop being such a pedant or I'll start a fight !!

xx