| Topic Name: |
Sex Offender Hysteria |
| Message Name: |
The stranger next door. |
| Date Posted: |
05/04/2005 |
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if you can't see the particular and peculiar status of people who sexually attack children in our society, and can't understand why one such attack should result in them being caged forever, then i can't understand what YOU don't understand.. we are not TALKING about the 18-year old who has sex with is 16 year old girlfriend.. yes, the laws need to be changed to deal more leniently with THAT type of offense..it is the PEDOPHILES who attack LITTLE CHILDREN- prepubescent, innocent, LITTLE CHILDREN-5, 6, 7, 8 years old..that we're talking about.. THOSE are the ones where we as a society need to lock the cage and throw away the key.. for LIFE...NO APPEALS, NO SECOND CHANCES..NO "REHABILITATION"..simply gone from our presence for the rest of their natural lives.. and, as i said earlier, if they kill the child, the death penalty should be AUTOMATIC... |
| Message: |
"Oooh, a pedophile lives in your neighborhood!" is a good way to get people to watch your newscast.
And that's the goal of the stories.
Not to add perspective, depth, new angles.
Not even to save children (though that may be a secondary goal). For example, stories about product recalls (collapsing cribs, strollers, etc.) save children. But how often do those stories air on your local newscast.
The goal is to get eyes on the screen. Fear does that.
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