Headline:
Americans Shrug, Line Up For Mandatory National Fingerprinting
Audio link here.
Is this for real? Given the source, I'd say no.
But I want you to think about it and ask yourself if it's NOT true, how far off are we from this BEING real?
I want you to consider this story as well...
Headline:
Plan Gains to Publicly Identify Accused-But-Not-Charged Sex Offenders
"An Ohio legislative panel yesterday rubber-stamped an unprecedented process that would allow sex offenders to be publicly identified and tracked even if they've never been charged with a crime."
Story link here.
Real? Unfortunately, VERY much so!
So again, I ask you... how far away are we from that first story being real, if it isn't already real?
It's time to stand up and speak up, folks. Your silence is allowing this crap to happen!
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As a person who was abused as a child I am very sensitive to this issue. However, I cannot believe that anyone could be "blacklisted" like this for a crime for which they had not been convicted. It would seem to me that someone would/should bring this bill to the attention of the Ohio ACLU, and additionally someone would sue to have it declared unconstitutional on the obvious basis of being convicted or punished without having had the benefit of a trial and therefore being determined guilty until proven innocent. Good grief, this is McCarthyism all over again!
Dianne Chandler
Woodstock, GA
I'd like to think that the judicial system would be willing to step in and put a stop to this kind of thoughtcrime obscenity, but I no longer have any faith in the judicial system to do their jobs on this. They are expecting the legislature to show the kind of reasoned restraint that they no longer possess.
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