Comments on: Paraphilia and the Sex Offender Registries http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:42:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Sandy Cheeks http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-68885 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:54:40 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-68885 Comment deleted.  Please read the comment policy. <em>-Polimom </em> Comment deleted.  Please read the comment policy.

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]]> by: Polimom Says » Unintended, predictable consequences http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-67524 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:23:15 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-67524 [...] 1,800 sex offenders unaccounted for? That’s danged scary — except that catch-all phrase tells Floridians absolutely nothing about whether those 1,800 offenders are dangerous to their children. Yet in the mind of the public, the term “sex offender” automatically evokes Jessica Lunsford or Shasta Groene — an association that conflates radically different levels of crimes and criminals. In our fevered imaginations, every sex offender is a pedophilic predator — and as the registries expand to include ever-more crimes, this confusion is going to get worse rather than better. [...] […] 1,800 sex offenders unaccounted for? That’s danged scary — except that catch-all phrase tells Floridians absolutely nothing about whether those 1,800 offenders are dangerous to their children. Yet in the mind of the public, the term “sex offender” automatically evokes Jessica Lunsford or Shasta Groene — an association that conflates radically different levels of crimes and criminals. In our fevered imaginations, every sex offender is a pedophilic predator — and as the registries expand to include ever-more crimes, this confusion is going to get worse rather than better. […]

]]> by: Polimom Says » Pedophiles and partisanship http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-38775 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 14:53:17 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-38775 [...] Pedophilia is an equal opportunity illness. It’s one of a number of paraphilia, and I’ve covered this in the past, here. Contrary to what some of the more unhinged are saying, pedophiles do not come in red only, and focusing there demonstrates ignorance and pettiness. [...] […] Pedophilia is an equal opportunity illness. It’s one of a number of paraphilia, and I’ve covered this in the past, here. Contrary to what some of the more unhinged are saying, pedophiles do not come in red only, and focusing there demonstrates ignorance and pettiness. […]

]]> by: Polimom Says » Strangers among us http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-959 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:50:13 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-959 [...] The key to the sex offender problem is that very “lack of control”. He’s describing paraphilia, an under-discussed aspect of the real boogeymen. Every sex offender isn’t a dangerous predator, and it’s important that we start differentiating between deviance and danger so we can do something proactive about the Cooeys and Duncans in the world. [...] […] The key to the sex offender problem is that very “lack of control”. He’s describing paraphilia, an under-discussed aspect of the real boogeymen. Every sex offender isn’t a dangerous predator, and it’s important that we start differentiating between deviance and danger so we can do something proactive about the Cooeys and Duncans in the world. […]

]]> by: Pias http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-11 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:19:00 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-11 Well said. I recomend you send a copy of this to each and every entity involved in creating the national sex offender regestry as they obviously could use the help. They all too often seem to lack the common sense it takes to get things done right the first time and with this issue, we haven't room for mistakes. Well said.
I recomend you send a copy of this to each and every entity involved in creating the national sex offender regestry as they obviously could use the help.

They all too often seem to lack the common sense it takes to get things done right the first time and with this issue, we haven’t room for mistakes.

]]> by: JoJoFox http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-10 Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:11:00 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2005/08/18/paraphilia-and-the-sex-offender-registries/#comment-10 Excellent Blog...Polimom...And definitely the direction sanity would demand we pursue. Excellent Blog…Polimom…And definitely the direction sanity would demand we pursue.

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